The Toughest Guys in Court

Anybody who thinks Jones, Jones & Baldwin is just a trio of small-time, small-town attorneys is headed for big-time trouble.

by Joseph C. Goulden

From Mexico With Love

Out of the Texas melting pot comes a food hot enough to melt anything.

by Richard West

Restoration Drama/ Design

A Texas farmhouse relives those thrilling days of yesteryear.

by Sandy Sheehy

The Power

Burning a candle a day keeps the hexes away.

by John Davidson

Diamonds Aren’t Forever

Spring cleaning in the house that Zale built.

by Harry Hurt III

Behind the Lines

Jimmy Carter’s energy program wants to bury the age of oil and gas whether it’s dead or not.

by William Broyles

Business

Clothes Made the Man

Why Willie Farah is taking up slack—not slacks—these days.

by Allen Pusey

Travel

Cheap in the Heart of Texas

A family vacation, almost a contradiction in terms, is still possible at these old-fashioned resorts.

by Linda West Eckhardt

Dining In

Informed Sauces

We’re encouraging you to hit the sauces this summer.

by Frank Bailey

Country Notes

Goats Need Love, Too.

Once you let a goat in your life, you can never get it out.

by John Graves

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Jacinto City boy makes Doonesbury: Dallas dumps new math; and smoking fertilized pot may give you cancer.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

Altman’s women; novelist leaves home; playwright comes home; art looks for home; jazzy TSU; and one odd concerto.

Roar of the Crowd

Drug traffic; emergency rooms; high IQs; and various shocking revelations.

Touts

Chili for lunch, shark for supper.

Contest

Acronymity.

by Paul Burka