Man to Man

The son’s ultimate selfishness is to see his father only as his father—not as a man. But on our first fishing trip in 25 years, I began to see my father—and myself—as the grown men we’d become.

by William Broyles

Marilyn Snell’s Got the Best Job in Texas

It’s eight to five. It’s in Brenham. And all she has to worry about is getting an ice cream headache.

by Arnie Weissman

Eat at Junior’s

Proprietors of some of Texas’ priciest restaurants are spinning off more-economical eateries that are giving the originals a run for their money.

by Alison Cook

Primary Lesson

Subtract Democratic voters, add new Republicans, and it equals realignment.

by Paul Burka

No-Man’s-Land

To Texan’s, it’s the border. To Mexicans, it’s la frontera. It’s a hot, dazzling world where cultures clash and you’re never sure just where you stand.

by Jan Morris

Texas Primer: The Native Texan

You don’t have to be born here to qualify. The mark of a true native is an undying passion to be one.

by Susan Chadwick

Mining the Moon, Selling the Stars

Their business may read like a sci-fi script, but these aging astronauts, former NASA engineers, technocrats, and high-risk junkies are serious about selling space.

by William Booth

Western Art: Boy Rogers

An interpretation of a classic genre.

by Gary Mele

Politics

Showdown in Chihuahua

Pancho Barrio, an ex-accountant, a charismatic Catholic, and the mayor of Juarez, hopes to topple the ruling party in a July governor’s race.

by Dick J. Reavis

Behind the Lines

The unbudgeted carpet.

by Gregory Curtis

Art

Little Masterpieces on the Lawn

“Art Among Us/Arte Entre Nosotros” reveals the delightful madness of San Antonio’s barrio art.

by Michael Ennis

Movies

High and Dry

Top Gun is just a high-tech skeet shoot; Alan Alda shows a wet blanket over the fun in Sweet Liberty; Desert Bloom has a bittersweet significance; The Manhattan Project needs an attitude adjustment.

by James Wolcott

Books

My Fair Editor

George Bernard Shaw wrote a quarter of a million pieces of correspondence and never mailed one to San Antonio. So where does his editor choose to live?

by Vance Muse

Popular Music

The Denton Dilemma

North Texas bands face a tough choice: living to make music or making music for a living.

by John Morthland

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Wild mustangs roam home; attorney race to Houston’s bankruptcy court; UT students get rich.

by Jan Reid

Shopping

We find a successful guy in Dallas who doesn’t dress like Ross Perot!

by Mimi Swartz

Post-Modern Times

A Texas lab that look s like the set for a Buck Rogers movie is actually the frontier of the Star Wars weapons research effort.

by Michael Ennis

Puzzle

Downtown

The cure for San Antonio’s inner-city malaise may be worse than the disease.

by Jim Atkinson

Touts

Perk up your bath hour with these liquid refreshments.

by Patricia Sharpe

Roar of the Crowd

State Secrets

Fighting and feuding in the Mexican Lions Club; HL&P loses a lawsuit, and everybody will pay for it; the new math of politics; where’s the beef? on a diet.

Edited by Paul Burka