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 day after Oklahoma’s disaster, some Tea Partiers’ top concern is the IRS

| |Tuesday, May. 21, 2013

Some Tea Party leaders asked for prayers instead of IRS protest, but one Tea Party chose to picket

Rocked by hail, Granbury church finds hope

| |Saturday, May. 18, 2013

Calvary Church was studying the “Great Hailstorm” in Revelation when the message was pounded home.

Even for Texas, Billie Sol Estes was a big talker, a big dealer and a big storyteller

| |Wednesday, May. 15, 2013

Estes turned a childhood sheep herd into a fortune -- but then banks pulled back the wool

City, school and water races turned into proxy fights

| |Saturday, May. 11, 2013

Rep Kay Granger-backed water directors keep 2 of 3 seats; Domingo Garcia-backed school trustees slip back to June runoffs.

When is a cheerleader not a cheerleader? Hardin County can’t make up its mind

| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013

Kountze cheerleaders are free to wave Bible verses on the sidelines. But a Silsbee cheerleader was punished for her silence.

Fort Worth school, water elections a tale of two cities -- and cash

| |Tuesday, May. 07, 2013

Dallas campaign donations are defended as backing property rights and the “little guy.”

Cinco de Mayo celebrates Texans, Tejanos — and freedom

| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013

A Texas-born general and one of our own heroes helped Mexico turn back the French.

A gesture to heaven turns into a lesson for Texas track team

| |Friday, May. 03, 2013

Disqualification is religious bigotry to some, but track coaches say it’s all in the rules

Less is more in the Texas Legislature--and better for Texas

| |Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2013

The Legislature isn’t doing a whole lot — but needs to tend to water resources.

Fort Worth school board race proof of change in Texas politics

| |Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013

Three younger Hispanics wage a vigorous campaign.