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Blogs
May 31, 2013
Texas Landowners Say TransCanada is Digging Up Parts of Keystone Pipeline for Repairs
Landowners along the nearly 500-mile southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline say contractors have been excavating long-buried lengths of pipe to repair apparent defects. They've documented stakes jutting from turned-up dirt near the pipeline right-of-way through East Texas that read, "anomaly," ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2013
What's the Truth Behind a Label? A Story of Texas Butter Nostalgia.
Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream ... but was it local cream? And did the cows eat organic grass? And who owns the dairy? Tell us, mice. People have questions about their food these days. Recently I spotted a Texas butter called Falfurrias at the grocery store. The yellow package proclaims ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2012
Land Comissioner Jerry Patterson Draws a Line in the Mud Over Keystone Protests
You'd think a guy with the job title "Texas land commissioner" would know a thing or two about Texas land. Little items, you know, like what the state boundaries are, what a landowner is and how to tell a Texan apart from, say, a Canadian. See also: - Keystone Pipeline Protesters Tie Themselves to ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2007
Scout's Honor (or Not)
News
October 6, 2005
Over the Edge
Already dogged by mental illness, Paul Bear ended his life after a mean-spirited outing by a small-town newspaperman
News
December 2, 1999
Hungry girl
The Potted Plant Lady's strange tale of sex, money, and feeding Anna Nicole Smith
News
September 18, 1997
Soul food & crackers
How two black Dallas men learned to love the lily-white Republic of Texas--especially the part about phony checks and payment-free plastic