The World’s Most Despicable Bug

The cockroach. What else?

by Harry Hurt III

The Newest Americans

Pity the poor Vietnamese: so far from home, so close to Beaumont.

by Gene Lyons

The Voice from the Tower

The weirdest student demonstration ever.

by Gregory Curtis

Unsolved Crimes

Whodunit?

by Judy Benson and Paul Burka

Physician, Heal Thyself

How a doctor got hooked on drugs, and how he got off.

by John Deaton

Our Town

Every small town is different; every small town is the same.

by Geoff Winningham

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Politics

Where’s My Line?

Is one man one vote just another numbers racket?

by Griffin Smith, Jr

Travel

How Suite It Is

If there’s no room at these inns, you might as well stay home.

by Linda West Eckhardt

Film

Plain Filming

Liv Ullmann is at her best when she’s at her worst.

by Marie Brenner

Investments

Paw Knows Best

Your dog may be not only your best friend but your best financial advisor as well.

The Customer's Man

Records

It Ain’t Necessarily So-So

New recordings of Treemonisha and Porgy and Bess will do, but on the whole we prefer Puccini.

by W. L. Taitte

Television

The Screening of America

Free at last! Free at last! from the junk you see on TV.

by Sherry Kafka

Books

Only Yesterday

America and Texas: past and present.

by Michael Mewshaw

Dining In

Cold Feat

When we say these recipes aren’t so hot, we don’t mean what you think.

Frank Bailey

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Contest

Roots are all evil.

by Paul Burka

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Stein, time, dine.