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
Texas voter ID case is in no way simple or easy
| |Thursday, May. 24, 2012
We've always been more willing to give personal information to a store clerk than to the government.Read more
Texas Public Utility Commission intends to drive up electricity prices
| |Thursday, May. 17, 2012
The Public Utility Commission says power companies have to earn more money so they'll build more generating capacity.Read more
Dirty politics can turn us all into collateral damage
| |Thursday, May. 10, 2012
Mailboxes explode with claims about the angels and reprobates who are running for political office.Read more
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art a great new attraction for North Texans with limited getaway time
| |Thursday, May. 03, 2012
The newly opened Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is within easy driving distance, set in the Arkansas Ozarks.Read more
Ring fence at Oncor might collapse in a stiff wind
| |Thursday, Apr. 19, 2012
If parent Energy Future Holdings ends up in bankruptcy, the supposedly separate power transmission company could go down with it.Read more
When bullies dominate, the neighborhood loses
| |Thursday, Apr. 12, 2012
Mistletoe Heights neighbors gather to discuss an important issue, but some of them can't behave.Read more
Texas, where public money meets political ends
| |Thursday, Apr. 05, 2012
A survey by Comptroller Susan Combs uses a controlled inquiry to reach a desired result, which then serves as the basis for sounding an alarm.Read more
Texas shouldn't be messin' with my mortgage
| |Thursday, Mar. 29, 2012
A 1997 constitutional amendment stands between me and record low mortgage interest rates.Read more
Cut the Texas budget or spend what's needed?
| |Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012
Interest groups would have candidates swing to extremes for fear they can't get elected otherwise.Read more
The Texas free market for electricity just isn't cutting it
| |Thursday, Mar. 15, 2012
The market has moved so freely that investors won't put their money into building new power plants.Read more
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