Film & TV
December 1, 1987
The Trip to Paradise
Small Texas towns live either in our memory or in our imagination. The ones with the storybook names live in both.
1987
News & Politics
December 1, 1987
All Choked Up
A ground war at the Dallas–Fort Worth Airport is turning innocent passengers into anxious bystanders.
Style & Design
December 1, 1987
Most Likely to Succeed
Seven outstanding young Texas design students translate their visions of fairy tales, Greek goddesses, and Catholic rituals into fashion statements.
Books
December 1, 1987
Growing Up With George and Martha
By turning two tiny dots into two huge hippos, James Marshall made an indelible mark on children’s literature, and little people laughed happily ever after.
Being Texan
December 1, 1987
Texas Primer: The Balcones Escarpment
The blackland prairie of the old South meets the wide-open spaces of the wild West at Texas’ great geologic divide.
State Secrets
December 1, 1987
State Secrets
Halloween handouts for a savings and loan; why the Texaco-Pennzoil decision was predictable; bad news for judicial reform; UT and A&M head south; the King Ranch contemplates a road.
Roar of the Crowd
December 1, 1987
Roar of the Crowd
Methodist misadventures, political predicaments, utopian unrest.
Reporter
December 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
A black and gamy Monday; Wick Allison as low-profile Buckley; heartthrobs Quaid and Swayze; fine food for feedlots; Augie’s Gringo Lingo.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 1987
The National Tour of Texas
In the Mesquite Kingdom, where the coyotes howl, the wind blows free at the MacArthur Academy of Freedom, an honest face gets you a phone and immigration throws mariachi parties.
Lifestyle
December 1, 1987
One Man, One Oat
Twenty years ago the Furry Freak Brothers, Dealer McDope, and Oat Willie were Austin’s underground heroes. A mild-mannered ex-hippie reveals how he lived the legend.
Health
December 1, 1987
This Can’t Be Happening to Me
From the look on my doctor’s face, I knew the results of the biopsy. The lump in my breast was cancer.
Classical Music
December 1, 1987
That’s Entertainment
The Houston Grand Opera was out to impress, with its new house and three ambitious productions in one week, but what it proved best was just how enjoyable this brand of theater can be.
Business
December 1, 1987
Go East, Young Man
Texas developers are snapping up land, putting together deals, and building like crazy—in Washington, D.C.
Behind the Lines
December 1, 1987
Behind the Lines
The World War I theory of law.
Books
December 1, 1987
Poison Pen
Dallas’ drive-in film critic Joe Bob Briggs made us laugh at bad movies. When we became the butt of the joke, it wasn’t funny anymore.
Art
December 1, 1987
Lost Horizons
An exhibit at Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum contends that before the cowboy became America’s hero, Indians and mountain men were the icons of a vanishing frontier.
True Crime
November 1, 1987
Every One a Victim
The parents of a confessed killer went to jail rather than testify against their son. Now the murder conviction has been reversed, and the family of the deceased must endure renewed anguish.
News & Politics
November 1, 1987
Sold!
Never mind the million (no lie!) other houses for sale in Texas. If you follow our advice, yours will be the first to sell.
Being Texan
November 1, 1987
Dear Mum
Autumn is the time when true school spirit blooms.
News & Politics
November 1, 1987
Old Times
Before the Dallas newspaper war, the Herald was full of character—or was it characters?
Business
November 1, 1987
Paper Boy
When newspaper entrepreneur William Dean Singleton bought the ailing ‘Dallas Times Herald,’ people thought he was crazy. When he bought the ‘Houston Post,’ they were sure of it.
Being Texan
November 1, 1987
Head, Heels, and Heart
For team ropers on the All-Girl circuit, the true reward is the happiness of pursuit.
Being Texan
November 1, 1987
In Praise of Cowgirls
Call them what you will. We call them the living, breathing spirit of the Western woman. A working definition, you might say.
State Secrets
November 1, 1987
State Secrets
Yankees discover a Texas bumper sticker they like; UT and A&M get tough; Saudi Arabia’s crude tactics; an acid test for Dukakis.
Sports
November 1, 1987
Spur of the Moment
San Antonio put a full-court press on basketball superstar David Robinson in hopes that he wouldn’t forget the Alamo City.
Roar of the Crowd
November 1, 1987
Roar of the Crowd
Cisneros in the public eye; cowboys in Washington; school boards all over Texas.
Reporter
November 1, 1987
Texas Monthly Reporter
Onward through the fall at SMU; home on the fringe with Rob Paul; good news from the catalog jungle; a taste of Longhorn.
Being Texan
November 1, 1987
Texas Primer: The Chilipiquin
Some like it hot; those who eat the national pepper of Texas like it hotter.
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 1987
The National Tour of Texas
In search of elusive Central Texas: along the Cold Beer trail, inside Killeen’s soldier shops, through the hills of Toy Texas, deep within a nameless cave.
Lifestyle
November 1, 1987
Just This Side of Heaven
Bert Turner of Brady wasn’t mortified to change jobs at 78.
Fatherhood
November 1, 1987
Father, Son, and Wholly Confused
An agnostic parent is forced to face one of life’s biggest questions.
Business
November 1, 1987
E.Z. Goes Crazy
Houston discount whiz Elias Zinn sees nothing nutty in his big-bucks bid to take over raving high-tech retailer Crazy Eddie.
Behind the Lines
November 1, 1987
Behind the Lines
Takeovers and green bananas.
Travel & Outdoors
October 1, 1987
Autumn Leaves
Turn off the AC, stop pretending you’re a reptile, welcome the whooping cranes back. It’s fall!
Sports
October 1, 1987
The World According to Coach
Never say Kant, Socrates it to ’em, and other collected wisdom from Texas’ Friday-night philosophers.
Film & TV
October 1, 1987
Coming Soon to a Theater Near You: Dwarf
The Hollywood epics have left Texas, to be replaced by miniatures like ‘Nadine.’
Business
October 1, 1987
Paradise Lost
Las Colinas was supposed to be Can-Do City. So why couldn’t it?
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1987
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.
Business
October 1, 1987
Every Bar but Hershey’s
We have seen the future of Dallas nightlife, and it is called Dallas Alley.
Style & Design
October 1, 1987
Oh, Give Me a Home Where the Naugahyde Roams
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when dude ranch decor reigned supreme in the family room.
News & Politics
October 1, 1987
A Cross to Bear
Three recent scandals in the Methodist church are forcing it to do some serious soul-searching.
Being Texan
October 1, 1987
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.
State Secrets
September 30, 1987
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
Sports
September 30, 1987
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.
Roar of the Crowd
September 30, 1987
Roar of the Crowd
Taxing circumstances in a family, some cities, and the state.
Reporter
September 30, 1987
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.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1987
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.
Lifestyle
September 30, 1987
Around the Clock Rock
An all-night deejay takes his listeners on a long night’s journey into day.
Food & Drink
September 30, 1987
Cuisine de Campfire
Where there’s smoke, there’s chef Robert McGrath’s smokebox that works wonders on Southwestern dishes.
Behind the Lines
September 30, 1987
Behind the Lines
The perfect city revisited.