The Double Life of Finis Crutchfield

The bishop denied until the end that he got AIDS from homosexual contact. But the furor that resulted from his death has opened the door on his life as a gay man.

by Emily Yoffe

A Cross to Bear

Three recent scandals in the Methodist church are forcing it to do some serious soul-searching.

by Drew Jubera

Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Naugahyde Roams

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when dude ranch décor reigned supreme in the family room.

by Jerry Jeanmard

Every Bar But Hershey’s

We have seen the future of Dallas nightlife, and it is called Dallas Alley.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Famine, Pestilence, Destruction, and Death

These are only aliases. Their real names are Mattox, Mauro, Richards, and Hightower. And they may be leading the Democratic party to its apocalypse.

by Paul Burka

Paradise Lost

Las Colinas was supposed to be Can-Do City. So why couldn’t it?

by Gary Cartwright

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: Dwarf

The Hollywood epics have left Texas, to be replaced by miniatures like Nadine.

by Lawrence Wright

The World According to Coach

Never say Kant, Socrates it to ‘em, and other collected wisdom from Texas’ Friday-night philosophers.

Photography by James McGoon

Autumn Leaves

Turn off the AC, stop pretending you’re a reptile, welcome the whooping cranes back. It’s fall!

by Suzanne Winckler

Behind the Lines

The perfect city revisited.

by Gregory Curtis

Sports

Beating the Elusive Red Drum

What sport requires cunning, stamina, skill, and a fondess for sloshing aroound in the muck? Why, fishing for reds off the coast of Texas, of course.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Art

From the Wyeth House to the White House

The Dallas Museum of Art hosts an eighty-year retrospective of Wyeth family art that carries Nancy Reagan’s seal of approval.

by Michael Ennis

Books

Novel Approach

Three novelists discover that a Texas connection need not be a tie that binds.

by Jan Reid

Food

Cuisine de Campfire

Where there’s smoke, there’s chef Robert McGrath’s smokebox that works wonders on Southwestern dishes.

by Alison Cook

Lifestyle

Around the Clock Rock

An all-night deejay takes his listeners on a long night’s journey into day.

by Jody Denberg

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

Cities in search of salvation; the new White House (as in Mark); the art of double-Daryled potshots; chile time in El Paso; chile relleno time in Houston.

by Alison Cook

Roar of the Crowd

Taxing circumstances in a family, some cities, and the state.

State Secrets

What’s black and white and kenaf all over? EDS finds gold in California politics; Texas banks show no mercy for S&Ls; the Fort Worth City Council feels neglected

Edited by Paul Burka

The National Tour of Texas

Across pastoral northeast Texas, where Baptists debate the niceties of immersion, truckers and hookers turn the airwaves blue, and bass have their private lives laid bare by electronic snooping.

by Dick J. Reavis