Being Texan
December 1, 1977
They Found It!
Charismatics start by losing their heads and end up with a new kind of religion.
1977
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
The Second Battle of the Alamo
Texas’ oldest city is heading for a political showdown, thanks to some newcomers to the power game.
Style & Design
December 1, 1977
Living in Glass Houses
The world is full of monuments to art—but how many can you live in?
Business
December 1, 1977
They’re Minding the Store
If you’re looking for Houston’s elite, forget the Petroleum Club; go to the produce center at Jamail’s.
Business
December 1, 1977
King of the Catalogs
Who is Roger Horchow and why is he doing these terrible things to our Christmas budgets?
Touts
December 1, 1977
Touts
Three patchwork quilts, two wine shops, and a pinata in a pear tree.
Roar of the Crowd
December 1, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
A flood of letters on a wave of immigrants.
Review
December 1, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
Disco sounds you can live with; two new books from the trenches of Viet Nam; taking a swing at Alexander Calder; the Van Cilburn winner's circle; move over Austin, C&W reigns elsewhere.
Lifestyle
December 1, 1977
Paternity Suits
If you think parenthood begins with dirty diapers and 2 a.m. feedings, you’re nine months off.
Art
December 1, 1977
Flash!
Who won the Texas Monthly Photo Contest, and why.
Dining Out
December 1, 1977
Cheap Frills
We offer you a weekend in Mexico City you can’t refuse.
Country Notes
December 1, 1977
Ol’ Blue
A good country dog is loyal, obedient, and knows the difference between a chicken and a possum.
Contest
December 1, 1977
Contest
In the St. Nick of time.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
This may be the Me Decade, but fortunately a great many people haven’t gotten the word.
Texana
November 20, 1977
The Last Frontier
The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of ‘Giant.’
Touts
November 1, 1977
Touts
Some spicy meat rolls, a three-cornered hat, and a little pillow talk.
Roar of the Crowd
November 1, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.
Review
November 1, 1977
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.
Sports
November 1, 1977
View From the Top
Inside the cushy private boxes at Texas’ top sports stadiums, far from the madding crowd.
Hunting & Fishing
November 1, 1977
On the Wings of a Dove
Praise the Lord for gentle creatures and pass the ammunition.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Have Conscience, Will Travel
Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.
Energy
November 1, 1977
Port’s Complaint
What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?
Dining Out
November 1, 1977
A Very French Bean
Will a vegetarian starve in France?
Dealing
November 1, 1977
Between the Sheiks
John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.
Contest
November 1, 1977
Contest
Homily grits.
Business
November 1, 1977
Word of the Profits
Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.
Touts
September 30, 1977
Touts
Totes and tattoos.
Sports
September 30, 1977
Identified Flying Object
Frisbee, the sport of the counterculture, is going straight.
Roar of the Crowd
September 30, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Dope informants, wine informants, even tractor pull informants.
Review
September 30, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
A North Texas summer of song and dance; Tarzan discovered in the jungles of Fort Worth; the Musical Brownies reappear; little boxes made of ticky-tacky; and finally more money for the arts.
Reporter
September 30, 1977
Texas Monthly Reporter
Gas gushes in Maverick County; Priscilla blushes in Amarillo; Secret Service busts matchbooks; and a blizzard nearly busts Neiman’s.
Health
September 30, 1977
Jennie
A child with Down’s syndrome is neither Mongolian nor an idiot.
Border & Immigration
September 30, 1977
The Long Road North
Across the river and into the brush; an eyewitness account of the journey of two wetbacks.
Texas History
September 30, 1977
What’s Red, White, and Blue . . . And Orange All Over?
The Orange Show’s 75-year-old creator, Jeff McKissack, still goes dancing and is sure he will live to be a hundred.Never heard of the Orange Show? Then you’ve missed a razzle-dazzle piece of American folk art—an amusement park/sideshow that looks like a topless castle designed by a committee
Being Texan
September 30, 1977
Lone Stars
You’ve met the stars of stage and screen. Now meet the stars of Texas.
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Joy of Cheerleading
One week with a thousand cheerleaders.
Sports
September 30, 1977
When The Cheering Stopped
Where are the cheerleaders of yesteryear?
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Aging of the All-American Boy
Roger Staubach is one Cowboy who always wears a white hat.
Sports
September 30, 1977
The Rites of Autumn
You don’t have to be crazy to attend Texas-OU Weekend, but it helps.
Dining Out
September 30, 1977
Matzo Luck
Visit a deli. You’ll feel better.
Country Notes
September 30, 1977
The World to Wine
Try the house wine; I made it with my own feet.
Contest
September 30, 1977
Contest
Merger mystery.
Citywise
September 30, 1977
Solar On Ice
You can get burned with solar energy equipment—and not by the sun.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1977
Behind the Lines
“Give me your tired, your poor . . . ”
Touts
August 31, 1977
Touts
A far far eastern trip; a place in the country; one hundred ivory-ticklers.
Roar of the Crowd
August 31, 1977
Roar of the Crowd
Best/ Worst legislators: everybody loves somebody sometime.
Review
August 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Review
Good 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.
Reporter
August 31, 1977
Texas Monthly Reporter
Willie movin’ on; Erhard moving in; Hofheinz cleared; Gloria hacked; brown pelicans perking up; Chileans kicking off.
Lifestyle
August 31, 1977
Masculine/ Feminine
Renewing the old adage of child rearing—you can’t fool mother nature.