A Boy and His Airline

He walks through airports dressed like Elvis. He paints his planes to look like killer whales. He’s Southwest’s Herb Kelleher, and because of him Texas’ psychic landscape will never be the same.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Abortion Street

Sixteen years after Roe v. Wade, all the bitterness and horror of the abortion fight can be found at a single site in Dallas.

by Mimi Swartz

Eat Sweet

Peanut patties are red, raspas are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are pralines, pecan pie, kolaches, and seven other great Texas desserts.

by Anne Dingus

Poisoned By Their Own Home

When the St. Johns returned to their house after having it sprayed for bugs, they discovered why those friendly pest-control people are called exterminators.

by Tom Curtis

Side By Side

Among the harsh mountains of Chihuahua, Mennonite immigrants and Tarahumara Indians maintain their ancient ways.

by Dick J. Reavis

Don’t Call Him Junior

President Bush’s oldest son wants to be governor of Texas. He says he’s not following in his father’s footsteps, but his name, his career, and his ideas about politics seem an awful lot like Dad’s.

by Patricia Kilday Hart

Beyond the Blues

The unlikely twosome of eccentric rocker Doug Sahm and blues champion Clifford Antone has rescued from obscurity a distinctively rhythmic, indisputably raunchy regional sound.

by Jody Denberg

Art

A Developing Art

The current show at Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts brings 150 years of photography into sharp focus.

by Michael Ennis

Behind the Lines

Paint and pluck.

by Gregory Curtis

Lifestyle

Living With the Bomb

As a teenager, I dreamed of the ultimate hot rod. Then I woke up to find I owned the ugliest car in the world.

by George Toomer

Reporter

Red Sails in the Sunbelt

Windsurfers add sparkle to Corpus Christi Bay; the Johnson family says a poignant farewell to one of its own; the golden arches attain alpine heights—but come crashing down in Houston.

Edited by Tom Curtis

Roar of the Crowd

Facing Forward, Facing Back

The Comanches in the present; the skinheads in Dallas, the mess in Texas; the crisis in the prisons.

State Secrets

Animal House

The Aggies’ vet school is going to the dogs; picture-perfect rivalry in the governor’s race; Lloyd Bentsen wants more money from Texas; New York takeover toughs establish an outpost in Houston.

Edited by Paul Burka