Diamond in the Rough

Will success spoil Ben Crenshaw?

by Harry Hurt III

Sound Thinking

How to tell a tweeter from the Dolby, and other hi-fi mysteries explained.

by Leonard Feldman

The Toughest Nine in Texas

Ben Crenshaw picks his favorite golf holes.

by Ben Crenshaw

Is Texas Obsolete?

The questionís not so hard; it’s the answers that are the problem.

Divide and Conquer

Five states are better than one, when they’re all named Texas.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

A Place in the Sun

Can Texas still make it as a nation? Can Dolph Briscoe make it as a sheik?

The Americanization of Texas

Reflections on the disappearance of the independent Texan.

by T. R. Fehrenbach

The Naked and the D.A.

The war against pornography can get dirty.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

From Fellini to Deep Throat

For a theater owner, money has redeeming social value.

by Gregory Curtis

The Best Show in Town

Here’s the plot for the legislature’s 140-day run, opening soon.

by Paul Burka

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Politics

Sole Brothers

Can the legislature’s black caucus hang together?

by Jack Keever

Film

Talk on the Wild Side

Both human and natural eruptions inspire some disasters, but a quietly poetic film moves the most.

by Katharine Lowry

Investments

The Year That Was

Awful. That’s what it was.

The Customer's Man

Performance

The Plate ís the Thing

Dinner theaters offer the roar of the greasepaint and the smell of the kraut.

W. L. Taitte

Dining In

Oil in the Family

In Middle Eastern cuisine, oil is something that’s mixed with chick peas.

by Linda West Eckhardt

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Of mice and menus.

Contest

Wrong division.

by Paul Burka