February 1989
February 1989
Table of Contents
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Features
The Lost TribeThey were the classic Texas Indians—fierce, majestic, and free. Today’s Comanches find their lives defined by legends and bitter truths. The Wooing of Chairman WangThe decision by a Chinese plastics company to build a billion-dollar plant in Texas proves that economic development works—but it comes at a high price. Art for Heart’s SakeA great big valentine from 95 artists to a San Antonio hospital’s transplant program. |
“I’m A Nazi Until Death”Out of work, at loggerheads with their parents, and under constant police surveillance since they turned to an alien ideology, Dallas’ radical skinheads remain defiant. A Dirty, Rotten MessEvery day each of us contributes five pounds to the growing mountain of garbage. Now the mountain looks like a volcano that’s threatening to erupt. Chip AhoyA new gambling-cruise-ship enterprise out of Port Isabel makes it possible to spend an evening in a casino while going nowhere in the Gulf. |
Columns
PoliticsJailhouse HockBill Clements’ ambitious—and expensive—prison-expansion plan is only a tiny first step toward escaping the overcrowding problem. Behind the LinesThree years and $400,000 later. |
EnvironmentSpot MarketRanchers hate bobcats. Trappers love their pelts. Both parties have found that there’s more than one reason to skin a cat. Popular MusicBlithe SpiritIt took a bit of coaxing, but when R. T. Williams finally sat down at the piano again, the Grey Ghost came back to life. |
Reporter
ReporterThis is NowLooking forward to Jerry Jeff Walker’s second Luckenbach, looking into a new way to settle feuds, and looking back over the career of Texas’ most prolific unknown author. |
Miscellaneous
Roar of the CrowdNever giving in; making it big; reclaiming a neighborhood. |
State SecretsNo TASP, No PlayA competency test for colleges; gauging the governor’s race; hard times at Hermann Hospital; what on earth was George Bush thinking about? |
Chisum Trail (Sat Jul 5 at 12:13 PM)
Oh Big Brother, Where Art Thou (Fri Jul 4 at 9:30 AM)
Clay Felker (Tue Jul 1 at 11:15 AM)
Madam, I'm Adam (Sun Jun 22 at 4:34 PM)
Eating Vancouver (Mon Jun 30 at 10:04 PM)
