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Gary says: I have totally given up on finding any redeeming value in [Robert] Rodriguez’s films. He seems to have adapted the thinking of Tarantino which automatically makes his films schlocky and, yes, formulaic. There are few films out there that truly explain what our state is about. As a native Texan and somebody who has spent time in every region of our state, I find that most people outside of this state do not get it or have a preconceived notion about us. (August 25th, 2010 at 9:41am)
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Made in Midland
Skip Hollandsworth talks about rigs, the trickle-down effect, and the new generation of oilmen.
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Near/Far
Brutal shoot-outs, grisly murders, random kidnappings: Drug cartels in Mexico are in a savage fight to the death that has claimed more than 23,000 lives since 2006. Yet despite fears to the contrary, the violence has not spilled over into Texas—which doesn’t mean it isn’t transforming life all along the border.
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Reversal of Misfortune
New trials for two of the Mineola Swinger's Club defendants.
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Childhood’s End
In 1987 I left Texas to spend the summer working at Disney World, selling “taco salads” to tourists at Frontierland. I was lonely and homesick and thought things couldn’t get any worse. Then the unthinkable happened.
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