HOUSTON LAW

A law firm of almost 200 attorneys becomes an institution with massive power and life of its own. Three such firms are in Texas, including two of the four largest in the U.S. We open them, for the first time, to the public.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

Tom Landry: Melting the Plastic Man

Behind the mask is a man of God, a man devoted to the all-American goal of winning the all-American game as few have done before him.

by Gary Cartwright

The Coming of Redneck Hip

Rock and Country music met in Austin. That friendship may make the state.

by Jan Reid and Don Roth

Mother of the Decade

Lee Harvey Oswald's mother wants to tell the world how she got out from under Jackie's shadow.

by Alexander Cockburn

Cops as Junkies

Those who enforce our narcotics laws often use the stuff themselves.

by Gary Cartwright

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Performance

Volunteer Blues

Our well meaning volunteer other meets up with some hard-nosed realists in the public schools.

by Beverly Lowry

Touts

Some recommendations on what to do, see and buy this month.

Briar Patch

Edited by Stephen Harrigan, Al Reinert and Jane Sumner