Discover Beautiful Beaumont

Okay, we heard that snicker. But give the place a chance. You’ll find plenty to enjoy.

by Richard West

Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia

The Denton millionaire hated drugs and liked cops. He also like Muscles Foster, a footloose cowboy who was one of Texas’ biggest drug runners.

by Lawrence Wright

Can the Boy Scouts Save America?

Perhaps. At least they’re on the right track and trying hard.

by Stephen Harrigan

Why Is Houston Falling Apart?

Because nobody at city hall is doing his job, that’s why.

by Paul Burka

The Ultimate Sport

Polo? It’s passé. Big game hunting? Humdrum. It’s the pursuit of the wily blue marlin that admits men to the world’s most exclusive club.

by Giles Tippette

Hecho En Mexico

There’s no Christmas like a south-of the-border Christmas, with gift ideas to match.

by Patricia Sharpe and Cyndy Severson

Stepping Out

Dust on the Golden Spur

When ranchers gathered in Lubbock to celebrate their way of life, they found they didn’t have much cause for celebration.

by Michael Ennis

Behind the Lines

The press keeps telling us how bad Carter and Reagan are, but let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

by Paul Burka

Sports

On the Rebound

After a sloppy 1979-80 season, the San Antonio Spurs had no coach, no center, and no end to their problems. But all that has changed.

by Tom Walker

Sports

Teaming With Problems

The Houston Rockets need work; the Dallas Mavericks need help.

by Tom Walker

Lifestyle

Free Agent

Nostalgic daddies think of schoolboy football as good, clean fun. But kids soon realize it’s more like corporal punishment.

by Prudence Mackintosh

Church

Never On Sunday

Why do 61 million adult Americans say “pooh” to the pew?

by William Martin

Working

Man on Bass

A double basist leads a singular life.

by W. L. Taitte

Film

Putting on Heirs

The story of Howard Hughes and the discredited “Mormon will” is the unlikely subject of a quirky film about rags and out-of-reach riches. Ordinary People is full of woe; Stardust Memories has far to go.

by George Morris

Dining Out

Bordeauex Patrol

A loaf of bread, a glass of wine, and though hast a wine bar.

by W. L. Taitte

Classical Music

How to Succeed in Opera

At his school in Austria, Texas singer Richard Owens acquaints opera hopefuls with a bravo new world.

by Alan Rich

Art

Love’s Labors Found

Sculptor Jim Love makes art look easy—and fun.

by Michael Ennis

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Gas pipeline companies are devouring Lee County; border plasma clinics beckon poor Mexicans; oh, deer, what can the matter be?

by Gene Lyons

The Inside Story

by Gregory Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Red-hot art, inflation blues, wasted blacks.

Touts

Dress to kill.

by Patricia Sharpe

Puzzle

Roots.

State Secrets

A ground swell of support for booting Howard Cosell; here come the judges; who will fill the UT power vacuum.

Edited by Paul Burka