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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Texans have a good idea what Perry's 'strategic retreat' means
| |Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012
Every Texan knows what happened after Gen. Sam Houston lured Mexico's army north with his "strategic retreat." He became president of the Republic of Texas.Read more
Walter Dansby's rise was foretold decades ago
| |Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012
For Walter Dansby, the Fort Worth school district's interim superintendent, the dominoes started falling his way a half-century ago.Read more
This retiree could shake up the fall election
| |Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012
A former New Mexico governor is running for president on the Libertarian line.Read more
Faith and football can make a good mix
| |Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
Tim Tebow's string of 316s is earning him attention.Read more
Federal court reminds Oklahoma it can't discriminate against Muslims
| |Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
Every time Texas begins to feel like some remote backwater -- say, during a presidential campaign -- Oklahoma is right there to make Texans feel downright civilized.Read more
Evangelicals turning from Perry to Paul
| |Saturday, Jan. 07, 2012
Five months after welcoming 30,000 believers to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Gov. Perry is struggling to regain evangelicals' support after a third-place showing in Iowa among religious conservatives.Read more
Death threats to Hispanics sound the depths of hatred and ignorance
| |Thursday, Jan. 05, 2012
Nine families in Garland were threatened last month.Read more
Caucus a major slip on Perry's cakewalk
| |Tuesday, Jan. 03, 2012
Iowa's test may have been too much for the governor.Read more
Family reunion makes a wonderful Christmas gift
| |Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011
Photos found by chance open a door to the past.Read more
After 50 years of gold and white, downtown Fort Worth shimmers in a new light
| |Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011
Once outlined with incandescent bulbs in two colors, the city's buildings now feature an LED system with 14,000 color combinationsRead more
