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Opinion

Dirty cars and dirty politics

Local columns

When there's crime, I blame the criminal. But Dallas politicians blamed a business. Dale Davenport owned Jim's Car Wash. But five years ago, after a shooting at the property, the city ordered him to shut it down. Why did they target his car wash? When I first investigated this story, ...

Pelosi to end her storied career in the US House

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics. Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly 40 ...

Almanac for Nov. 7, 2025

Local columns

Today is Friday, Nov. 7, the 311th day of 2025. There are 54 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1916, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won election to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first woman elected to either chamber of Congress. Also on this date: In 1917, ...

There’s a slippery slope that is gerrymandering

Editorial

The gerrymandering doom spiral is gaining downward momentum, exactly as expected. Virginia is poised to become the second state, after California, where Democrats will seek to unravel reforms that took redistricting out of the hands of partisans. That’s in response to similar Republican ...

Tucker Carlson outdoes himself

Local columns

Nick Fuentes hit the jackpot. The white-nationalist influencer made it on the "Tucker Carlson Show," the nation's foremost vehicle for laundering noxious ideas into the conservative mainstream. Fuentes is a Holocaust-denier and self-avowed racist whose goal is to remake the right in his ...