What Do Deer Hunters Really Want?

Deer hunting in Texas is a passion, and meat for the freezer is far from the only motive.

by Jan Reid

The Book of the Century-And-A-Half

Governor Bill Clements lassoed James Michener to write a tome about Texas. It’s due out in a couple of years. But that’s too long to wait, so we decided to write a version of our own.

Way Out West In The Land of Cotton

by Dick J. Reavis

The Beer That Made Armadillos Famous

by Michael Ennis

Texas Primer: The Hughes Drill Bit

This clunky piece of machinery made Howard Hughes very rich. It is the first in our series of things that every Texan should know.

by Nicholas Lemann

Waiting For Mommy

If you leave your child at a day care center, you are hardly unique. If you know what your child does there all day, you are indeed unique.

by Dominique Browning

Politics

Little Oil

Big Oil no longer holds political sway in Washington, and wildcatters are celebrating a new Texas independents’ day.

by Kaye Northcott

Behind the Lines

Out on the outskirts of town.

by Gregory Curtis

Lifestyle

I Was A Hostess At A Tupperware Party

All the carefree young bachelor wanted was a few pieces of Tupperware. He never dreamed of what he’d have to go through to get it.

by Bill Holloway

Architecture

Burnet’s Milestone

A winning design for the Burnet Civic Center shows why regionalist architecture is still going strong in rural Texas.

by Lisa Germany

Movies

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

In Pennies From Heaven Steve Martin gets serious, which is too bad--until he jumps into his dazzling dance numbers, which are too good to be true. Four Friends is about pals, and it palls. In Sharky’s Machine Burt Reynolds tries to mix gore with mush. Rollover defaults.

by James Wolcott

Church

The Lord Giveth And The Lord Giveth

Evangelist Kenneth Copeland has good news: the faithful don’t have to wait for heaven to reap their reward. An Eastern Orthodox congregation in Austin is strict about performance of the liturgy but lax about getting to the church on time.

by William Martin

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

A lawyer takes aim at handgun makers; Texas journalism gets hugh on society; politicians see red over fire ants; Dallas tries to master its aversion to master plans.

by Peter Applebome

Roar of the Crowd

Over the river and through the swamp.

State Secrets

Selling the streets of Laredo; the next big oil play; the bar breaks up over a Supreme Court race; it’s true what they say about office Christmas parties.

Edited by Paul Burka