If it’s Tuesday, This Must Be Oakland

When Billy Martin takes his Texas Rangers on the road, the games are among the least of their worries.

by Paul Burka

The Ten Best and (Sigh)…The Ten Worst Legislators

Guess which list had the most competition.

Upward Nobility

How to tell what you‘re looking at: a guide to architectural Texas.

by James Stanley Walker

Tales of Shrimp

Them shrimp boats are still a-coming, but there‘s not much dancing tonight.

by Stephen Harrigan

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Film

Wanderers East, Wanderers West

Day of the Locust, French Connection II, The Passenger: doing some hard traveling.

by Katharine Lowry

Books

The Hungry I

Frederick Exley shows how to get too much of a good thing.

by Michael Mewshaw

Travel

AH Current

Cool off this summer with a dip into one of the state‘s best old-fashioned swimming holes.

by Joseph Lomax

Investments

Light Switch

Turning off the juice to Texas utilities.

by The Customer's Man

Dining In

Sometimes a Great Noshing

The intricate dietary laws of Kosher cooking have a latke going for them.

by Linda West Eckhardt

Records

Janis on My Mind

Requiem for a musical heavyweight, the hard-singing, hard-living girl from Port Arthur.

by Chet Flippo

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

The summer hath its joys.

Contest

Just having a little pun.

by Paul Burka