Here’s the world debut of my play, Mindset in the Hallways, a one-act play by The Watchdog. Read more

“We won’t be participating in your story.” Read more

Who got a new state law passed two years ago taking on the electric utility companies? You did. You’re Michelle and Stan Brannon of East Texas… Read more

Once, a long time ago, my first wife, after our divorce, asked me what I was up to. I answered that I worked hard on a newspaper beat, sometim… Read more

What happens after a monster storm? Storm chasers show up from who knows where and charm desperate homeowners in need of a new roof out of tha… Read more

Welcome to the 2021 reopening of Property Tax Central, where The Watchdog’s goal is to give you the latest information on how to lower your bo… Read more

ERCOT, the operator of the Texas electric grid, has been a problem child since the state’s electricity market was deregulated at the turn of t… Read more

Watchdog, times are tough. Why are you smiling? Read more

Over the past five years, state government sold your identifying data to hundreds of companies for $450 million. Read more

This is what corruption looks like. Read more

The phone rang the other day, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas was on the line. Read more

An open letter to Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and members of the Texas Legislature: Read more

In the great hall of the Texas State Senate, where legendary leaders like Bob Bullock and William P. Hobby Jr. once ruled, DeAnn T. Walker loo… Read more

Now you hear it everywhere in this state. People are talking and understanding what our leaders’ laissez faire disregard for oversight has don… Read more

Long before there was a Martin Luther King Jr. dreaming of equality and a Thurgood Marshall filing landmark civil rights lawsuits in the 20th … Read more

Should you get an air purifier or an air filter machine for your home or office to protect you from the coronavirus? Do they work? How much do… Read more

Last week, The Watchdog told you the story of United States Mask Co. of Fort Worth: “Two guys start a D-FW mask factory but can’t catch a brea… Read more

I was wrong about one major prediction for 2020. I thought for sure aliens were going to land and say, “Take me to your leader.” Read more

The Watchdog realizes that you may not read all my stories each year. So to make sure you graduate in 2020 with your degree in watchdogology a… Read more

Can’t wait to put up my new 2021 calendar. Read more

At 17, Madison Fail is not yet old enough to vote, but she’s brave enough to stand up for her rights. Read more

By most definitions of the word, Donald Conkright was a loser in terms of both his possessions and his life. He lost everything when Hurricane… Read more

The Watchdog’s revelation last week that personal information on 27 million past and present Texas driver’s license holders is for sale on the… Read more

Last week, The Watchdog found himself in a most uncomfortable position. I asked Santa Claus if he was a scammer. Read more

Apple brags about how its iPhones protect your privacy because of strong encryption built into its systems. Read more

I admit that after the 2019 Texas Legislature ended, I was a lost soul. The Watchdog’s favorite bill — one that would require roofing companie… Read more

This story is dedicated to every child in school. Every child that is starring as the lead character in their own life of craziness. Every stu… Read more

A letter from a reader about safety protocols at WinStar World Casino and Resort across the border in Oklahoma left me dumbfounded. At first, … Read more

I keep telling my wife (and I guess myself, too) not to worry too much about domestic terrorist attacks in Texas because police investigators … Read more

Watchdog, what are you barking at this week? Read more

You’ve been hacked. We’ve all been hacked. Read more

Thank you for contacting The Watchdog. I will be out of the office for Black Friday. (Actually, I’ve been out of the office since March, but t… Read more

The goodfellas would be proud. It’s probably one of the biggest heists in American history. Read more

I cannot get this one photo from 2020 out of my mind. It shows a man in a ball cap and sunglasses standing in the back of a pickup holding a r… Read more

For every con game and every victim, there’s often a moment when the victim feels that something isn’t right. But they squelch that protective… Read more

Wow! My homeowners insurance premium jumped 32% in one year. Read more

Anybody know someone who needs 200,000 N95 face masks? I know two guys who can hook you up, like tomorrow. Read more

The rapid creation of a vaccine to snuff out coronavirus is a medical miracle. Thank you, scientists! Read more

I never thought I’d end up obsessing over Texas driver’s licenses, but it seems like that’s become part of my life’s work. Now the Texas Depar… Read more

When police searched the Grapevine apartment of Larry Brock Jr., one of the Capitol insurrectionists, they found in the trash a patch that had… Read more

The tipoff that something big was about to go down came a day before the storm hit. Read more

The rest of the U.S. now sees in the clearest terms the high price we Texans pay for our anti-regulatory culture. Read more

For me, the Great Texas Electricity Scandal of 2021 was foreshadowed years before by a little electricity company operating out of a Shell gas… Read more

For the first time since electricity deregulation passed 22 years ago, the Legislature is looking at a thousand ideas of reform. Lawmakers are… Read more

I call it the Great Awakening. White people like me in 2020 finally began to understand the real story of racism — and why we must no longer a… Read more

The Watchdog’s picnic basket of consumer goodies is offered here. Some items could save you money, or even make a bit of money for you. At the… Read more

Back in August when the big story was how the U.S. Postal Service was getting gummed up so that, possibly, mailed ballots wouldn’t arrive on t… Read more

In this, I apply The Watchdog’s longtime property tax protest campaign to a legendary principle of rock ’n’ roll. Read more

People are selling their possessions in yard sales to avoid foreclosure. Families line up in their cars for an hour to receive free food. The … Read more

OK, we know the mail is late. Often very late. Now The Watchdog can prove it. I ran a mail test last week by sending letters across Dallas-For… Read more