Take an issue that's full of sometimes-complicated details like Texas public school finance, throw in an element of urgency like the need for better transportation solutions in Dallas-Fort Worth, add a healthy helping of local interest spiced with some controversy and you have the perfect assignment for Mike Norman to examine in depth. Mike is a 28-year veteran of the Star-Telegram staff. He is the newspaper's editorial director for Arlington and Northeast Tarrant County.
E-mail: mnorman@star-telegram.com
Education agency head shouldn’t match muscles with the Texas Legislature
| |Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009
Robert Scott says he’ll lift the cap on the number of charter schools in Texas.Read more
The Texas Constitution gets picked on every other year
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009
Most people don’t pay much attention, and that suits the people in power just fine.Read more
NRA members target Hurst mayor on gun issue
| |Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
Richard Ward has been called ugly names for his stance on sales at gun shows.Read more
Arlington’s transformation is more than a stadium
| |Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009
UTA’s president and civic leaders intend to energize the city with links between campus and downtown.Read more
Private interests hungry to seize Texas public beaches
| |Friday, Oct. 02, 2009
A 50-year-old law says that anything that impedes the public's access to Texas' Gulf beaches can be ordered removed -- unless that "anything" is a house owned by someone in power. Voters will soon be asked to put a stop to such exceptions.Read more
Picking Michelangelo over fried butter
| Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009
Museums in Fort Worth and Dallas may be the best reason for living here.Read more
Obama shouldn’t use fighting words
Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009
Barack Obama is better at inspiration than he is at confrontation. He should be proud of that.Read more
Government transparency is only for those who want to look
| Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009
Several state agencies, but few local governments, show online where their money is going.Read more
Crazy motorcyclists on the freeway have a bright side
| |Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009
Starting Tuesday, those seeking a motorcycle license will be given information on registering as an organ donor.Read more
In Fort Worth, you can still discriminate against communists
| |Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009
Fort Worth’s anti-discrimination ordinance has a section that harks back to the Cold War: It’s OK to hate communists.Read more
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Former Cliburn head to play role in reviving once-prestigious Tchaikovsky competition
Just a few days before the April telephone call, Richard Rodzinski had read a lengthy profile of famed Russian conductor Valery Gergiev in The New York Times Sunday Magazine.
