The Big Thicket Tangle

Take 3 million acres, add politicians, lumber companies and Time, Inc., and what have you got? A very small park, or no park at all.

by Al Reinert

The Ten Best (And, Sigh, The Ten Worst) Legislators

Competition was fierce and the winners in both categories are outstanding.

Inside The Lobby

These veterans of endless smoke-filled rooms and committee sessions do more to shape state government than most elected officials. They're not all bad, but they're not all good, either.

by Richard West

The Big Thicket Tangle

Take 3 million acres, add politicians, lumber companies and Time, Inc., and what have you got? A very small park, or no park at all.

by Al Reinert

Warren Skaaren, Movie Mogul

The head of the Texas Film Commission hustles Hollywood movie-makers into putting more of Texas in the can.

by Jeff Millar

Sam Houston, Warts and All

A good woman finally marries the wild frontier man and saves him from himself. Manifestly destiny.

by Bill Porterfield

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Art

Five Odd Books for Summer Reading

Turn off the T.V. and read a spell. These books are fun.

by Gregory Curtis

Citywise

Pass the Chop Sticks, Por Favor

At last, two superb Chinese restaraunts in Texas.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

Investments

Amateur Hour

How to invest when the market gets wild.

by The Customer's Man

Investments

Letitia Goes to Town

Another Texan stuns the New York art and theater world.

by Marlene Deverell-Van Meter and Patti London

Dining Out

Variations on the Confidence Game

Ryan O'Neal, Adolph Hitler and Tom Sawyer have a lot in common. Trust us, you'll see.

by Judith Crist

Briar Patch

Touts

Briar Patch

Edited by Joan Filvaroff, Jamie Frucht, Dave McNeely, John Roby and Mary Sanger