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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Hotdogging doesn't help credibility of Big D pastor

| |Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013

Dustup over Tim Tebow's non-appearance is a giant ad for the Rev. Robert Jeffress and First Baptist Dallas.Read more

911 is not the food police or a film critic

| |Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Weary 911 operators don't think it's funny to get non-emergency calls.Read more

George P. isn't sounding like a land commissioner candidate

| |Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013

Bud Kennedy: America needs a new energy policy, tax structure and education system, George P. Bush of Fort Worth told a luncheon audience. Let me ask: Does that really sound like somebody running for Texas land commissioner?Read more

Some schools' Bible classes veer off course

| |Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013

Six years after state law set academic standards for elective high school Bible course, some teachers still preaching more than teaching.Read more

Let's play the feud: Dallas, Fort Worth back at it

| |Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013

Larry McMurtry's “second-rate” remark fans the flames.Read more

Glenn Beck's fundraising: How much goes to slain sniper's family?

| |Tuesday, Feb. 05, 2013

Glenn Beck's charity raises over $100,000 on Tuesday.Read more

Time was, Texas cared about the Big Game

| |Saturday, Feb. 02, 2013

Two decades ago, Cowboys won the Super Bowl.Read more

Texas businesses promote overhaul of drug laws

| |Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013

Texas Association of Business comes out in favor of probation for nonviolent offenders.Read more

Despite the baggage, Perry could keep office until 2019

| |Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013

He's rated "among the most unpopular governors."Read more

Movie on PBS puts Texas in odd light

| |Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013

An embarrassing movie about Texas comes to PBS this week. Yes, another one.Read more