
September 1977
Table of Contents
Features
Support Your Local PoliceIf you ever go to Houston, you’d better walk right. You’d better not gamble, and you’d better not fight. I Was a Spy in the Second GradeI escaped once, but they sent me back. Minnesota Fats, Where Are You?There’s more at stake than money when two hustlers cue up. |
The House That Art Built/ DesignWhat do you do when you have more paintings than walls to hang them on? If They Don’t Win It’s A ShameIn the bush leagues, rooting for the home team can be a humbling experience. The House Is Not A HomeA freshman in the Texas Legislature finds everything from the sublime to the ridiculous—well, maybe not the sublime. |
Columns
Behind the LinesHouston has the healthiest urban economy in the nation, but money can’t buy happiness. LifestyleMasculine/ FeminineRenewing the old adage of child rearing—you can’t fool mother nature. Country NotesMeatThe raw truth about out steaks and chops. |
EnergyThe HereticIt’s been Us and Them in the deregulation fight, but one of us has become them. Dining InTo Herb Is HumanBored? Lonely? Put some herbs in your life. |
Reporter
ReporterTexas Monthly ReporterWillie movin’ on; Erhard moving in; Hofheinz cleared; Gloria hacked; brown pelicans perking up; Chileans kicking off. |
ReviewTexas Monthly ReviewGood news/ bad news about Shakespeare; Doug Sahm controls his destiny; San Antonio gets jazzed up while Dallas goes crazy for pops; Texas poets in and out of their elements. |
Miscellany
ContestCommentations. Roar of the CrowdBest/ Worst legislators: everybody loves somebody sometime. |
ToutsA far far eastern trip; a place in the country; one hundred ivory-ticklers. |



