September 1995 Cover

ON THE COVER: Photograph by Laura Wilson

September 1995

Table of Contents

Features

Texas Twenty

Texas Twenty: Don Henley

Crooning for Caddo Lake.

by Robert Draper

Texas Twenty: Catherine Crier

No longer judged a lightweight.

by Mimi Swartz

Texas Twenty: Carol Porter

A hunger for feeding children.

by Patricia Sharpe

Texas Twenty: Ekhard Pfeiffer

The Compaq kid.

by Skip Hollandsworth

Texas Twenty: Ron Kirk

The people’s mayor.

by Gary Cartwright

Texas Twenty: Linda Aguilar-Bryan and Joseph Bryan

A couple of fene-iuses.

by Helen Thorpe

Texas Twenty: Roland Swenson

The music man.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Texas Twenty: Dealey Herndon

Dome, sweet dome.

by Paul Burka

Texas Twenty: Richard Linklater

Hollywood’s busiest slacker.

by Robert Draper

Texas Twenty: Dick Armey

The man of the House.

by Paul Burka

Texas Twenty: Mel White

Preaching tolerance.

by Skip Hollandsworth

Texas Twenty: Betty Buckley

Give her regards to Broadway.

by Mimi Swartz

Texas Twenty: Princess

The celebritty realtor as realor celebrity.

by Helen Thompson

Texas Twenty: Gwen and Willie Richardson

Race matters.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Texas Twenty: Tom Luce

Head of the class.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Texas Twenty: Dagoberto Gilb

Macho fiction.

by Jan Reid

Texas Twenty: Linda Pace Roberts

From hot sauce to hot art.

by Jan Jarboe Russell

Texas Twenty: Jay Wilbur

The prophet of Doom.

by Joe Nick Patoski

Texas Twenty: Ben Crenshaw

Back in the swing.

by David McCormick

Texas Twenty: Chelsi Smith

Universally appealing.

by Mimi Swartz

Columns

Behind the Lines

The First Twenty

by Gregory Curtis

Environment

Waterworld

Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—;and what remains of heir agrarian past.

by Helen Thorpe

Books

Ghost Story

When you read a Hardy Boys novel, the mystery isn’t who done it, but who wrote it.

by "Tex" W. Dixon

Religion

I’m a Believer

With so many people attacking the Religious Right these days, being a Christian isn’t easy. But I keep the faith.

by Sheri Fowler

Sports

The Reel World

In Mexico’s Sea of Cortés the bonito, tuna and dorado nearly jump into your boat. No wonder I’m hooked.

by Turk Pipkin

Reporter

Reporter

A New Low

Across the state, kids are getting seriously messed up on a dirt-cheap downer from Mexico.

by Helen Thorpe

Reporter

Basking in It

If the literary novel is dead, then why is Baskerville Publishers in Dallas flourishing?

by Jan Reid

Reporter

Border Music

A veteran filmmaker’s new documentary looks at the rich history of tejano.

by John Morthland

Miscellany

Roar of the Crowd

Revisiting Waco

State of the Art

The Removal Men, 1995

State Secrets

Royalty Pain

by Paul Burka

Recipes

Shrimp and Herbed Goat Cheese Crostini

Three-Lettuce Salad

State Fare

by Patricia Sharpe

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