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  Now Does the Alt-Press Have to Start Saying Nice Things About Golfers? Lord.

  October 11 at 4 a.m.

  My job is hard. Sometimes I hear terrible things — things I have to live with because of my work. For example, in a recent conversation I was told something positive about the Trinity Forest Golf Club. How do you think that made me feel? But I soldier on, and...

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  Resilient Dallas Uncovers a Tale of Two Different, Unequal Cities. But You Knew That.

  October 8 at 4 a.m.

  Dallas is a prosperous, forward-thinking place. It is, the tired catchphrase goes, a “world class city.” “Big Things Happen Here” is the city's brand. Dallas is also where: More than 115,000 children live in poverty, among the worst rates of any large U.S. city. The median income is the lowest...

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  West Nile Virus Precautions are Still Needed This Late in the Season

  October 5 at 4 a.m.

  The city of Dallas will be spraying pesticide today in two neighborhoods where mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus. The neighborhoods are the 6700 block of Sperry in Lakewood and the 6400 block of Prestonshire in Preston Hollow, which will be sprayed between 9 p.m. tonight and 5 a.m...

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  At Last the Proper Adjective to Describe Hurricane Harvey —- Biblical

  August 30 at 4 a.m.

  At the very core of the Hurricane Harvey story is a writing problem that has bedeviled me ever since Harvey hit Houston a year ago. When Harvey struck Houston in August 2017, it tied with Katrina in New Orleans a dozen years earlier: Together, they are the two costliest tropical...

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  Much of Harvey-Caused Air Pollution Could've Been Avoided, Report Says

  August 20 at 4 a.m.

  When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott preemptively declared Hurricane Harvey a disaster last Aug. 23, chemical plants and oil refineries in the Corpus Christi area shut down before rain from the storm even started falling, according to a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. That minimized unnecessary air pollution caused...

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  What Is 'Rewilding?' We Need Some Science Here

  July 5 at 4 a.m.

  I’m not really supposed to tell you this, but sometimes I find myself writing about a topic for a long time, and then all of a sudden I wonder what in the world I’m even talking about. Yeah, I know. You can’t believe that. Shocked and amazed. But it happens...