Upward goes Fort Worth’s Cultural District
S-T/RODGER MALLISON
A star is born: the much-anticipated new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
A report from a group of retired generals says that 75 percent of people in the key 17-to-24 age group are unfit to serve.
Five accused 9-11 conspirators can be tried in New York federal courts.
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Adding an allopathic degree to complement a successful osteopathic program would be an economic development "two-fer" for Fort Worth.
The new state Forensic Science Commission chairman gets off to a rocky start by suggesting that some of the panel’s work might be done in private.
Courts can handle 9-11’s mix of war and crime
If we don’t believe that our federal courts are strong enough to deal with our worst enemies, then we have more to fear than foreign terrorists.
Some pharmaceutical companies manufacture their own praise
Ghostwriters play up positives and ignore negatives, then a stand-in submits a "report" to journals.
Seeking sound arguments and no exclamation points. Please!
Think you can be a columnist? It doesn’t require fancy footwork, but you have to follow some basic dance steps.
Poverty expands outside the loop in Tarrant County
Every county has its wealthy areas and its poor areas. Here, poor areas in the suburbs are growing.
Texas senator should decide which fight is more important
Hutchison should decide which is more important to her: serving in the U.S. Senate or running for governor.
Fighting a coercion clause
Democrats’ health bills depend on forcing individuals to buy insurance or face severe fines or imprisonment. Is that constitutional?
Don’t stand in front of a nude and stare — stand to the side
The most important thing to do during a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago is to find paintings of naked women.
Trying terrorists in U.S. is dangerous
A weak nation imputes rights to noncitizens who want to do away with the very rights we are now going to afford them.
Struggling through the gray areas of life
The contradictions we encounter — oppose abortion, approve the death penalty; oppose the death penalty, support a woman’s right to choose — just prove our humanity.
Palinophobes hate first, ask questions later
Some people seem to take offense every time the former governor of Alaska takes a breath.
Lou Dobbs has issues: bigotry, fear and ignorance
Former CNN host made a handsome living by pandering to racists and xenophobes.
Mammograms and self exams, yes or no?
A new federal report causes a stir by changing recommendations for women in their 40s.
The hand Obama should play in Afghanistan
The president has to back up the top commander he picked and his strategy.
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- Call for entries for 2010 Star-Telegram Community Columnist Panel
- Health science center’s desire to add an M.D. school to Fort Worth campus is an insult to the D.O.s at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Call for entries for Star-Telegram’s 2010 Community Columnist Panel
- Mullins: Understanding the depth of our debt of gratitude to veterans
- Rogers: Fort Worth needs a moratorium on natural gas drilling
- What’s working and what’s not in combating Fort Worth’s gangs
- Texans too quiet about their state’s broken justice system
- Abdelkarim: A betrayal to my profession and my faith
- Bowling: Military service a fast track for Muslims to get the monkey off their backs
- Call for entries for 2010 Star-Telegram Community Columnist Panel
- Health science center’s desire to add an M.D. school to Fort Worth campus is an insult to the D.O.s at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Call for entries for Star-Telegram’s 2010 Community Columnist Panel
- Mullins: Understanding the depth of our debt of gratitude to veterans
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