http://www.fwbusinesspress.com Opinions brought to you by Fort Worth Business Press Fri, 16 May 2008 17:05:14 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/images/fwbp_logo.jpg http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/index.php http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7520 It’s an election year, and partisan acrimony has escalated. Democrats and Republicans portray themselves as the nation’s saviors against all the programmatic atrocities of the other side. Can we find a refuge of... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7520 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7511 As painful as it is to pump upwards of $75 of gasoline into your automobile, relative prices have barely outpaced inflation since 1934. Back then, a gallon of gas averaged 24 cents; today it is about $3.50. This is an... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7511 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7505 Maybe I’m a sucker for red hair or the fiery spirit that seems to go with it, but for whatever reason, I liked Hazel Burnett Vernon the first time I laid eyes on her. Her frenetic gestures contrasted with her speech — a... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7505 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400 http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7519 The death of Hazel Perkins Burnett Vernon leaves an immeasurable gap in the real estate and arts-and-commerce industries of Fort Worth. Mrs. Vernon, of course, declined to distinguish between realty and the arts: No... http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=7519 Mon, 12 May 2008 01:00:00 -0400