ON THE COVER: Cover photograph by Robert Latorre Styling by Debra Allen, coordinating by Michelle Mouwdy and John Farrell; digital image retouching by Dallas Photolab; Western wear courtesy of Wild Bill’s/The Official Western Wear Store, Dallas; horse courtesy of JC Ranch, Terrell; stock photographs courtesy of Image Bank (White House), Picture Group (Bush and Baker), Black Star (Tower), Gamma-Liaison (Mosbacher and Cavasos)
March 1989
Table of Contents
Features
Back In the Saddle AgainTwenty-five years ago, Texans hoped LBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George Bush is making no promises. The Second ComingTwenty-five years ago, Texans hoped JBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George Bush is making no promises. The Bush LeagueIn George Bush’s Cabinet, Texans are crawling out of the woodwork. Read about their pasts, their pets, their secret passions. Forgery, Texas StyleAs Texans’ pride of place rose with the price of oil, collectors scrambled for the few documents of the Texas Revolution. Suddenly there seemed to be plenty to go around. But no one thought to ask why. |
A Brush With LifeA gallery of nine Texans and their other selves. Buddy Maedgen Is Bugged!The saga of a man and his helpful insects illustrates the age-old battle between visionaries and bureaucrats. Search and DestroyAn employee’s vandalism by computer might have gone unpunished but for a rookie prosecutor out to test a new law. Songs of InnocenceIn Joe Scrugg’s music Everymom evicts under-the-bed monsters, Everykid remembers on Monday morning the fifteen things he needs for school that day, and Everybody delights in Scrugg’s corny but sensitive portrayal of childhood. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe Bridge That Went Away.Beyond Cisneros. TexanaRemembering the SabbathIn the fifties a Baptist minister’s daughters were expected to be models of piety—clean, demure, virginal, and impervious to the lure of secular pleasures like makeup and TV. |
SportsThe Boys of SpringYou probably think that the main reason to go to the Texas Rangers’ Florida training camp is to watch baseball. You’re probably wrong. BooksDays in the Country, Nights on the TownNew fiction takes the reader on forays into Louisiana swamps, excursions into smoke-filled Austin honky-tonks, and down life’s highway with a lady trucker |
Reporter
ReporterCaptain HomelessAustin’s homeless find a home sweet home on the lake; Fort Worth’s impresario of white gospel puts on a no-sweat show; Dallas’ Comet crashes; and Houston’s Orange Show marks a decade of—well, orange. |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdGetting bummed out on 1988; separating church and state; facing difficult decisions. |
State SecretsFood for thought: agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower may get plowed under; Coastal tries to cut the golden parachute; calling all cars in El Paso. |
Domain: A TEXAS MONTHLY Editorial Supplement
Quick Cuisine: Power BrunchBrunch: The civilized meal for spring. The Kids Are All RightHow every cook can concoct the classic Southwestern flavor of cabrito. |
A Grand FinaleJackson Hicks elevates the berry. |
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