The Time of His Life

Henry Cisneros has the vision and charisma of a born leader. Does it matter that he has the soul of an Aggie?

by Stephen Harrigan

Shark!

Three shark attacks on the Texas coast this summer are making swimmers edgy and chambers of commerce ask one question: what’s going on out there?

by Joe Nick Patoski

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

In 1980 a white girl was raped and murdered at Conroe High School, and the police quickly arrested a black janitorial supervisor. Now it looks as if the case wasn’t so open and shut after all.

by Tom Curtis

The Fantasy World of Victor Costa

by Mimi Swartz

Cowboys and Iranians

What do Odessa beer joints and the Iran-contra hearings have in common? Everything.

by Larry L. King

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning for Lunch Period

At Spence Middle School in Dallas, the melting pot is boiling, but the brew isn’t ready to serve.

by Richard West

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

When he played fro the Dallas Cowboys, Hollywood Henderson had everything. Here he tells how he lost it.

by Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson

A Texan Looks at Lyndon

On the eve of the 1964 national elections, Texas historian J. Evetts Haley published a scathing attack on President Lyndon B. Johnson. The book sold seven million copies, but Johnson still won the race.

by William M. Adler

Behind the Lines

White woman, black woman.

by Gregory Curtis

Business

The Book Stops Here

For 68 years, Rosengren’s Books in San Antonio gave personal service, sought out both arcane and popular titles, and fostered a love of reading. It wasn’t enough to keep the store in business.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Cooking

I, Piscivore

How I learned what to do with the one that didn’t get away.

by Gary Cartwright

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

On the cutting edge with Ollie North; Donna Rice on the cutting room floor; cutting corners to find good Vietnamese restaurants; and the gig ‘em gourmet cookbook, the Aggies’ unkindest cut of all.

by Alison Cook

Roar of the Crowd

Legislative commentary.

State Secrets

The new tax bill kicks oil when it’s down; the Houston Chronicle is alive and kicking the Post); the premature end of TranStar: the premature beginning of Jim Mattox.

by Patricia Kilday Hart

The National Tour of Texas

Tales of the Piney Woods: the original kinds of the forest, the Bright way to get a chicken in every pot, the gamble of today’s Tenaha. Plus: an unusual graveyard, a haunting ruin, a chilling church name.

by Dick J. Reavis

Southwestern Crab Cakes

Oyster-Parmesan Popovers