Bud Kennedy is a homegrown Fort Worth guy who started out covering high school football here when he was 16. He went away to the Fort Worth Press and newspapers in Austin and Dallas, then came home in 1981. Since 1987, he's written more than 1,000 weekly dining columns and more than 3,000 news and politics columns. If you don't like what he says about politics, read him on barbecue.

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A lesson in forgiveness from an unlikely source

| |Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

A Rwandan bishop tells Fort Worth students about the genocide's aftermath.Read more

Head-on collision of 1,700 charity walkers on the Trinity Trails is averted

| |Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

A head-on collision of 1,700 charity walkers on the Trinity Trails is averted by cooperation.Read more

The youngest Baldwin Brother takes on an interesting challenge: Texas politics

| |Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009

Stephen Baldwin says he wants to "restore" an America "based on the Bible."Read more

Kennedy: If he wants to win, Perry better know how to treat a lady

| Saturday, Oct. 03, 2009

Real Texas men don’t pick on ladies, even if the ladies are powerful U.S. senators.Read more

Rivals team up to fight breast cancer

| |Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

Central and Keller turn their crosstown grudge into a "Pink Out" charity benefit.Read more

We must protect bicyclists before we face another tragedy

| |Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009

How many more examples do Parker County and Texas officials need?Read more

Michelangelo and Angelo's: Fine art -- and fine dining?

| |Saturday, Sep. 26, 2009

The barbecue joint knows something about art: It has a John Wayne piece.Read more

A daylong celebration to go ape over

| |Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009

A Saturday festival celebrates 1960s TV hosts Icky Twerp and Mr. Peppermint.Read more

Fort Worth and Arlington have to fight to get spotlight off Dallas

| Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009

The goal is to keep sportscasters -- not just Jerry Jones -- talking about Arlington.Read more

Kennedy: Arlington school district is consistent, but it’s been consistently wrong

| |Saturday, Sep. 19, 2009

Arlington schoolchildren continue to miss important experiences because of bad decisions by the grownups.Read more