November 1991

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Features

Blood in the Streets

Blood in the Streets. Houstonians and homicide detectives struggle to cope with a deadly crime wave.

Playing It Safe

Can you avoid criminal violence?

Dan Rather Is a Good Ol’ Boy

But he’d rather not leave CBS to return to Texas, at least not yet.

The War for Thee University

Pray for Baylor. The Baptists are calling each other flat-earthers and liberal parasites, and the school they call Jerusalem on the Brazos is caught in the middle.

The Three Kingdoms of Kathy Whitmire

The Challengers

If anyone can keep Whitmire from being Houston’s mayor for life, it’s Sylvester Turner or Bob Lanier.

Columns

Behind the Lines

Texas Breaks Away

Lifestyle

Not Those Fort Worth Basses

Writer Rick Bass’s ornery, individualistic family has spent a generation explaining exactly who they are not.

Art

Double Visions

Melissa Miller’s latest paintings are a dark departure from her past; a Rauschenberg retrospective examines his youthful eye.

Books

Billy and Lyndon

Lyndon Johnson understood all too well the advantages of being Billy Graham’s buddy.

Music

Plains Song

When Lubbock-born songwriter Butch Hancock steps onstage, West Texas haunts his music.

Pop Culture

Fab Three

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, heroes of hippiedom, are alive and well and living in Paris.

Reporter

Reporter

Water Rites

Trans-Pecos ranchers grapple with El Paso over the West’s most valuable resource.

Reporter

Candle Power

Troubles disappear when they’re seen in the proper light.

Reporter

Biting Remarks

New guides to Houston and Metroplex eateries hash it out.

Reporter

Bona Fide Nuts

Dallas’ Bonehead Club revels in a well-deserved reputation for contrariness.

Miscellaneous

Roar of the Crowd

A Select Few

State Fare

State Fare: Grilled Quail with Polenta on Spinach

From Chef Harvey Harris, Mezzaluna, 310 Colorado, Austin

State Secrets

Dirty Deal

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