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What If Tony Romo Were a Different Kind of Texan?
If Romo is released, would the other NFL team in Texas pick him up?
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R.G.’s Roundup: Second Amendment City, Hopes in a Texas Town, and Puppies
Our favorite political reads of the week.
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Texas Versus the Feds
A brief history of the state’s love/hate relationship with D.C.
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Don’t Worry, Be Pappy
Enjoy one of the rarest—and tastiest—whiskeys known to man.
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The State of Texas: It’s Day One For President Trump
Plus: Planned Parenthood gets to temporarily stay in Texas Medicaid, Rick Perry’s confirmation goes smoothly, and a state lawmaker sends a troubling letter to Texas’s Muslims.
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Feminism, Pro-lifers, and the Women’s March
After New Wave Feminists, a pro-life group based in Dallas, was removed as an official partner at the Women’s March, questions have come up about the tent of feminism.
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Ricky Williams Got Stopped By Police In Tyler While Going For A Walk
Police were called while Williams was taking a walk in the East Texas woods.
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There and Back Again
The return of Terry Allen.
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance?
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Central Intelligence
During the 2016 presidential campaign, much of the mainstream media failed to understand voters in Middle America. Not Dan Rather. His early recognition of Trump’s viability, and a late embrace of social media, has made the 85-year-old Wharton native more relevant than ever.
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Texas Monthly’s Cook Like a Texan Feast
Texas Monthly and Infiniti invite you on a culinary road trip through the pages of Texas Monthly all in one special evening showcasing a roster of acclaimed Texas talent.
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Double Entendres as Rick Perry Dodges Climate Change Questions
Rick Perry manages to avoid being pinned down at his Senate confirmation hearing.
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Beyond the Wall
Talking with former U.S. ambassador Antonio Garza about what Trump means for Mexico—and Texas.
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Dawnna Dukes and the Dangers of Political Perks
When do the benefits of office become the excess of privilege?
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The State of Texas: George H.W. Bush Reportedly Stable After Pneumonia Lands Him In Intensive Care
Plus: Rick Perry’s confirmation hearing day arrives, two Texas baseball legends get in the Hall of Fame, and Corpus Christi’s mayor suddenly calls it quits.
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On Schools, Straus Plays with House Money
In jab at Senate, House budget proposal makes $1.5 billion in property tax relief contingent on school finance overhaul.
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Straus Says Bathroom Bill Might Harm Economy
House Speaker warns that transgender restrictions could cost San Antonio $243 million.
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A Food Tour of Southeastern Oklahoma
These are the best foodie finds in Choctaw Country, Oklahoma
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The Houston Heights’s Cajun Invasion
Is the Houston Heights turning into a Little Louisiana?
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The State of Texas: Three Texas Congressmen Announce Inauguration Boycott
Plus: Asylum seekers are being turned back at the border, Planned Parenthood makes its case to stay in Texas Medicaid, and George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized since Saturday.
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Politics
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Mad Dog and the Senator from Central Casting
Ted Cruz, John Cornyn, and senatorial demeanor.
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Texas Congressman Says A Mexican Song For Clinton Was “Foreign Influence”
According to a Midland representative, Vicente Fernández’s song for Clinton was on par with Russian hacks.
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R.G.’s Roundup: Film Incentives, a Tweeting Judge, and Pass the Biscuits
Our editors’s favorite political reads of the week.
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Central Intelligence
During the 2016 presidential campaign, much of the mainstream media failed to understand voters in Middle America. Not Dan Rather. His early recognition of Trump’s viability, and a late embrace of social media, has made the 85-year-old Wharton native more relevant than ever.
Food
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Now You Can Enjoy a Delicious Bowl of Tim Duncan in the Morning
H-E-B’s ”Slam Duncan-O’s” will spur you on to a great day.
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name
In the age of gastropubs and microbreweries, Texas still boasts a few real dive bars—where the jukebox is irreplaceable, the beer is domestic, and the patrons feel like family—if you know where to look.
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Chicken and Dumplings
Thickened soup for the post-election soul.
Travel
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To Bee or Not to Bee
The loss of the honeybee would be catastrophic to our planet. Here’s what you can do to help.
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2017 Travel Inspiration
Looking back on last year’s best stories to plan this year’s wanderings.
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Keeping Up With the Joneses
The Dallas Cowboys’ new headquarters and training facility, dubbed the Star, is open for business.
Current Issue
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance?
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Blood and Sugar
Can one very determined man get a booming Houston suburb to confront its troubled past?
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She’s the Sheriff
How Zena Stephens became the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in Jefferson County.
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The Earth Below
The skies of West Texas are so grand that it’s easy to forget how much is going on under our feet.
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Bum Steer Awards 2017
It was a year of amateurish attorneys, buck-naked burglars, credulous coal-walkers, doughnut detractors, empty-headed educators, fund-raising fabulists, grumbling graduates, hacked highway signs, ill-timed imitators, judgment-justifying Jerry Joneses, kavalier Katrinas, lime-laden locoweed, misguided mattress merchants, naive notes, outré outfits, pitmaster poseurs, questionable quarterbacks, reactive racists, slipshod spellers, taco tiffs, unwise users, vibrator vandals, would-be wrestlers, xcrement-led xpulsions,
yakking yahoos, and zero zeniths.
Longform
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There and Back Again
The return of Terry Allen.
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The Prisoner
Edwin Debrow committed murder at age 12. Now 37, he remains behind bars. When should a child criminal be given a second chance?
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Blood and Sugar
Can one very determined man get a booming Houston suburb to confront its troubled past?
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Lost and Found
They have fled war-torn countries, given up livelihoods, and left behind possessions and family for the safety of a foreign world of cowboy hats and Walmarts. But the refugees who land in Amarillo’s Astoria Park have an ally who understands their confusion and loss: a 64-year-old former teacher named Miss Evelyn.