The Great Coverup

Some rugged individuals are called to the carpet.

by Tracy Lewis

Nobody Loves a Rattlesnake

Especially not in Sweetwater: the score at last count was Humans 10,000, Rattlers 0.

by Stephen Harrigan

The Best of Texas

You may disagree, but we know we’re right.

by Richard West

The Girl, the Con Man, and the Massage Parlor King

The girl wanted love, the men wanted money, and when they all got together it was murder.

by Gregory Curtis

Behind the Lines

by William Broyles

Politics

Fiendly Persuasion

What LBJ did best was wheel and deal. So what’s wrong with that?

by James Fallows

Travel

Making Tracks

The great Canadian railway bizarre.

by Griffin Smith, Jr

Books

Passions of the Mine

Start fooling around with Mother Earth and you end up getting accused of rape.

by Michael Mewshaw

Health

Yes Men

Sound mind, sound body is an old maxim but a new approach to cancer treatment.

by Wendy Haskell Meyer

Performance

French Twist

Cajun music is one good reason to live in a swamp Are there any others?

by Joe Nick Patoski

Dining Out

Deutsch Treat

A lesson in the essence of Essen.

by Frank Bailey

Film

Buffaloed Bill

Hollywood techniques may have worked for the Wild West shows, but we expected more from Robert Altman.

by Marie Brenner

Performance

Footloose and Fancy

Nine Texas choreographers keep regional ballet on its toes.

by Suzanne Shelton

Investments

Trading on Thin Ice

Wanted: financial alchemist to turn liquid paper into hard cash.

by The Customer's Man

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

by Richard West

Contest

Strange bedfellows.

by Paul Burka

Roar of the Crowd

Touts

Mondo cane.