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

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

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

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

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

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

In the same week, I received two separate letters from two Texas prisoners in different prisons complaining about the same matter. Read more

To her right, in the new Trophy Club Town Center, she glanced at a big sign with only one word on it. Read more

Have you heard the commercials for a company, Home Title Lock, warning about how the title to your home can get stolen without you knowing it? 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

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on Doc Gallagher. Part two will run in Monday’s e-Edition. Read more

Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on Doc Gallagher. Part one ran in the Saturday print edition and both weekend e-Editions. Read more

All these years later, I still believe that the alarm clock episode of 1977, when I was 20 years old and in college, was the worst moment of my life. Read more

“Come with me to my church on Sunday,” my wife said. Read more

Dear USAA Insurance: Read more

Why must it be so difficult for some individuals and small businesses to get unemployment benefits or business loans to survive? Yet why is it… Read more

The Public Utility Commission of Texas sends out news releases about its activities. But there’s one announcement the PUC’s public relations s… Read more

If civil war breaks out in America, what happened in Weatherford a week ago shows how easily it can begin. Out-of-town protesters clashed with… Read more

I’m in a heap of trouble with the president of the United States. He’s angry and disappointed in me. So is his family and his campaign. I know… Read more

I wish Maddy Heymann and her fellow Black Lives Matter protesters in Southlake could meet Jinks Jones. It’s impossible. Maddy, 21, grew up in … Read more

The Watchdog was on vacation — er, staycation — last week. So let’s catch up on my mailbag. Read more

The other day, I grabbed my medical mask and drove with my wife to The Toy Maven store in Dallas to pick up 10,000 toys. Read more

Many Texans don’t realize that Jan. 19 is officially recognized as a paid state holiday called Confederate Heroes Day. Read more

Federal inmate #50083-054 was ready to go home. Read more

Watchdog, I’m preparing for my protest at the appraisal district in the coming weeks. I want to use comparable sales prices in my neighborhood… Read more

Ever since I first wrote about USAA Insurance’s mysterious drop in its Better Business Bureau grade from “A” to “F” eight months ago, The Watc… Read more

I was talking to Paulie the Accountant this week, which was the deadline for filing federal tax forms after the April extension because of cor… Read more

One of the biggest data breaches in U.S. law enforcement history took place in June. Oh, what? Nobody told you. Not surprising. This is a humi… Read more

I couldn’t figure out why I was hearing complaints from several USAA-insured homeowners about the San Antonio-based company not paying storm d… Read more