Bob Ray Sanders is often criticized for writing about things he could not have experienced because, some readers say, "he can't be that old." The truth is Bob Ray has been a professional journalist for 40 years and in three media: newspaper, television and radio. A Fort Worth native who knows and cares about his community, and those with whom he shares this planet, this is a columnist who is not afraid to speak out on behalf of downtrodden people or the abused Earth.
E-mail: bobray@star-telegram.com
Tarrant County commissioner’s student laptop program holds promise for increasing math, science skills
| |Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
Tarrant County commissioner’s program holds promise of changing young lives and the community for the better.Read more
Obama-haters’ contortions of logic worthy of Olympic contest
| |Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009
Reveling in Chicago’s loss to Rio because it hurts the president is ridiculous.Read more
Timing and tactics matter in terrorism cases
| |Saturday, Oct. 03, 2009
Last month, officials in the U.S. Department of Justice announced that its agents had foiled no less than three separate alleged terrorist plots in the country.Read more
World leaders shouldn’t take Ahmadinejad’s bait
| |Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009
Ahmadinejad’s defiance demands a calm, deliberate, dispassionate response that shows no signs of undue agitation.Read more
Afghan war has no win and no way out
| |Saturday, Sep. 26, 2009
Dear Mr. President,Read more
Secession talk belittles the price paid to keep the Union together
| |Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009
The price paid for preserving the Union was too high to even joke about secession today.Read more
Fort Worth finally gives JFK the tribute he deserves
| |Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009
A slain president will finally receive a most deserved local honor.Read more
Arlington school district makes two embarrassing decisions
| |Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2009
First it was Obama’s education speech. Now it’s Bush’s turn.Read more
Column about Obama struck a lot of nerves
| |Saturday, Sep. 12, 2009
From "sickening & sinister" to "well said," reader comments were numerous and strong.Read more
Texas pride should come with helping hand
| Tuesday, Sep. 08, 2009
Instead of just bragging, Texans need to show they’re serious about acting out their state motto of friendship.Read more
