Old Folks at Home

We will all grow old; but, as Maurice Chevalier says, “That’s not so bad when you consider the alternative.”

by Kaye Northcott

I Still Hate Chili

Fess up now. In your heart of hearts, don’t you hate it, too?

by Paul Burka

Bad Jobs

If working hard builds character, these people must be saints.

by Richard West

The Birds of Death

Cockfighting is probably cruel and certainly illegal, which are only two reasons that attract its aficionados.

by Giles Tippette

The Chew Road to Knowledge

Perhaps, after all, girls should go with boys who chew.

by John Graves

The End of the Trail

At the Fort Worth stockyards, cattlemen buy and sell amid the last vestiges of the Old West.

by Al Reinert

A Country Christmas

Holiday gift ideas with a true rustic flavor.

by Mike Hicks

Politics

All The President’s Memos

All paperwork and no ploy makes Jimmy a dull boy.

by Nicholas Lemann

Behind the Lines

Good-bye to Main Street.

by William Broyles

Media

Stop the Presses

That’s exactly what the Mexican government tries to do when journalists get out of hand.

by Dick Reavis

Dining Out

Waiter, There’s a Tortilla in My Soup

Of course there is. It’s real Mexican food, not Tex-Mex.

by W. L. Taitte

Film

Pomp and Happenstance

Custom wedding photography by Robert Altman.

by George Morris

Theater

A Hole in the Hip Pocket

Hip Pocket Theater keeps taking on challenges it can’t meet.

by W. L. Taitte

Classical Music

Symphony of Errors

Music from the Dallas Symphony not to read Shakespeare by.

by W. L. Taitte

Popular Music

The Sons of Buddy Holly

Wide-open spaces and prairie madness make the special music of Lubbock.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Jazz

Bird Lives!

Once a year the ghost of Charlie Parker reigns in a Dallas lounge.

by John O. Gunter

Art

Through the Looking Glass

For Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, art mirrored pain.

by Michael Ennis

Books

Down on the Delta

Emma Blue spins lovely wheels in muddy issues.

by Gene Lyons

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Fighting the foolproof crime, playing games you can’t win, building an ice cream empire, and raising hell in Baylor.

by John Bloom

The Inside Story

Laser Eyes.

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Honorable pension.

Touts

by Patricia Sharpe

Contest

All’s well that ends well.

by Paul Burka

State Secrets

Some tidbits and outrages under our very nose.

Edited by Paul Burka