Have Conscience, Will Travel

Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.

by Harry Hurt III

On the Wings of a Dove

Praise the Lord for gentle creatures and pass the ammunition.

by Gary Cartwright

View From the Top/Design

Inside the cushy private boxes at Texas’ top sports stadiums, far from the madding crowd.

by Cyndy Severson

The Last Frontier

The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant.

by Richard West

A Little Help for Your Friends

Christmas gofts for those who have everything: service: service with a smile.

by Mike Hicks

Behind the Lines

Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.

by William Broyles

Business

Word of the Profits

Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.

by Gregory Curtis

Dining Out

A Very French Bean

Will a vegetarian starve in France?

by Martha Shulman

Energy

Port’s Complaint

What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?

by Paul Burka

Dealing

Between the Sheiks

John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.

by Robert Barnstone

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Pugh’s color changing; governor’s race heating up; beating a dope rap; posing nude in Dallas; and TV news going to extremes.

Review

Texas Monthly Review

The case of the missing ear; a musical World Series with plenty of winners; and a big book with a small chance for success.

Roar of the Crowd

Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.

Touts

Some spicy meat rolls, a three-cornered hat, and a little pillow talk.

Contest

Homily grits.

by Paul Burka