The Making of Lonesome Dove

You can lead a herd to water, but can you make a miniseries faithful to Larry McMurtry’s Texas classic?

by Stephen Harrigan

Extra! Extra!

In which the author becomes a star—for three seconds.

by Stephen Harrigan

The Self-Destruction of Lance Lalor

Houston’s city controller prided himself on being the most scrupulously honest politician in town. So why did he sign his name to someone else credit card?

by Mimi Swartz

Hope and Glory

A salute to Texas athletes trying young; seven hearts set on the Summer Olympics.

by John Taliaferro

Caught in the Middle

On the eve of the Mexican elections, the country’s dwindling middle class prefers fatalism o Fabianism.

by Dick J. Reavis

Swimming to Oblivion

Marine scientists have struggled for ten years to establish a new colony of ridley sea turtles on South Padre Islands. All their efforts may have been in vain.

by Patricia Sharpe

Better TED Than Dead

Shrimp boats are a-comin’, and their nets are killing endangered sea turtles.

by Patricia Sharpe

Boone Pickens and the Roach Motel

The controversial home of an embattled college president is a symbol of a Panhandle brawl full of conspiracies.

by Emily Yoffe

Texas Primer: Juneteenth

It began in 1865 as a joyous celebration of emancipation. Today young black Texans find the holiday overshadowed by more immediate concerns.

by Chester Rosson

Behind the Lines

A separate peace.

by Gregory Curtis

Business

Killer Whale Hooks City!

San Antonio is shameless over Shamu and Sea World.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Art

Unplanned Obsolescence

In a Houston retrospective, the art of Julian Schnabel appears to be aging prematurely.

by Michael Ennis

Books

Character Flaw

A tour of the Texas psyche, with guides like Sam Houston, Katherine Anne Porter, and John Henry Faulk; a novel of adolescence addresses carnal knowledge and fundamentalist religion.

by Jan Reid

Reporter

Texas Monthly Reporter

The bash of the century in Austin; new heights for an Alamo author; slouching toward Jerusalem, Texas; plus designer tomatoes, East Texas ingenuity, and Amazing Car #8.

by Alison Cook

Roar of the Crowd

Ten years old and burning out; totally nice competition; a trip work taking—once.

State Secrets

Why Continental isn’t in Love (Field); Clinton Manges takes the horns by the Bullock; tort reform and the good bidness climate; logic in advertising.

by Patricia Kilday Hart