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2006 Stories by Rick Kennedy

• Long Road Home

  published February 9, 2006

  It was still dark on Tuesday morning when Lawrence Crader got on the bus and settled in for 20-plus hours on the road. He was eager to get... More >>

• Circus, Circus

  published February 2, 2006

  The idea of leotard-clad Francophones forming a mystical circus troupe is so good it bears repeating. At least, that's what the Cirque... More >>

• Dear Mr. President

  published January 26, 2006

  In the 17 months that Susana Loera worked at the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, she was horrified by what she saw. She and others at the diplomatic... More >>

• Book-gate

  published January 26, 2006

  It has become a pattern: Fail in Iraq, write a book. Bush, the commander-in-chief, had Bob Woodward do it for him. Janice Karpinsky, the Abu... More >>

• Book-gate

  published January 26, 2006

  It has become a pattern: Fail in Iraq, write a book. Bush, the commander-in-chief, had Bob Woodward do it for him. Janice Karpinsky, the Abu... More >>

• Murray Does It Again

  published January 12, 2006

  Let's face it--the main attraction of the film Groundhog Day isn't Bill Murray. Sure, his trademark phlegmatic delivery, patronizing... More >>

• Very Inventive

  published January 12, 2006

  If Benjamin Franklin were alive on his 300th birthday, it's not entirely clear what kind of reception he would get in Fort Worth.... More >>

• Run for the Border

  published January 5, 2006

  Susana Loera remembers the first time she heard her boss tell somebody to break the law. It was in early 2004, and the parents of a Mexican man... More >>