Happy Trails To You

Forget the San Jacinto Monument and the Alamo. Here are trails that will lead you to Lee Harvey Oswald’s can opener, tranquil country cemeteries, the world’s largest jackrabbit, peanut butter pie, and even more.

by Richard West

The Real Governor of Texas

Wearing black robes, he swept into power and now rules from an office he will hold for life.

by Paul Burka

Doing What Comes Naturally/Design

A lifelong aversion to sleek steel high rises and modern fads has made O’Neil Ford the grand old maverick of Texas architecture.

by Michael Ennis

Little Bruisers

Fighters from all over Texas slug it out in the Golden Gloves; for most, that’s the only gold they’ll ever see.

by Jan Reid

Dining Out

Currying Flavor

If you think lamb korma is a wooly creature with good vibes, you’ve got a lot to learn about Indian food.

by W. L. Taitte

Behind the Lines

What energy crisis?

by William Broyles

Lifestyle

Uphill Racer

If the race is to the swift, what’s lefty over for the slow?

by Stephen Harrigan

Health

Our Bodies, Our Cells

Life is a riffle. Cancer is a riddle. Are they all the same riddle?

by John Bloom

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Taking on the Shah of Iran in Beeville; trying to save an eaglet in Waco; juggling sex in Galveston; flipping the switch on nuclear power; and fighting panjic at monstrous DFW Airport.

by John Bloom

Review

Texas Monthly Review

Texas lights shine on Broadway; Dallas Symphony waxes on record; mellow Willie Nelson grows more mellow; Duke Ellington plays live again; and Stella’s exotic birds fly.

by John Bloom

The Inside Story

Good sports and green grape cobbler.

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

The Hunts and the hunted.

Touts

A bushel and a pack.

by Patricia Sharpe

Contest

Yellow fever.

by Paul Burka