2000 Archive
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January 2000
features The 2000 Bum Steer Awards » A Heavy Weight » The Race Is On » Annie, Get Your Gals! » A Murder on Campus » columns Mad About Madrid » [Travel]Racks to Riches » [Business]11/26/99 » [Behind the Lines]The Shootist » [Sports]Set Piece » [Film]reporter Pretty, Good » [Low Talk]Gun Fight » [Reporter]Judith Ivey » [The Ex Files]Border Skirmish » [Texas Classics]Blake, Tres, and Brandon Davis » [Face]miscellany Doug Sahm » [Texas Primer]Roar of the Crowd » State Fare » food Wild Mushroom Venison Stew With Biscuits » State Fare »
February 2000
features Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? » The Man Who Loved Cat Burgling » This Is living.com? » Thanks a Million 1999 » Top of the Morning » Northern Exposure » columns The Art Guy » [Art]Animal Magnetism » [Behind the Lines]Unhappy Trails » [Crime]Live and Learn » [Books]Green Acres » [Business]reporter One Endless Night » [Music Review]Something Happened » [Music Review]The Big D Jamboree Liive » [Music Review]Broke Down » [Music Review]Briefly Noted » [Artist Interview]Catfish, Carp, and Diamonds: 35 Years of Texas Blues » [Music Review]Quiero Un Camaro » [Music Review]Most Requested » [Music Review]Jacksboro Highway » [Music Review]The House of Gentle Men » [Book Review]If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates » [Book Review]Chill Factor » [Book Review]Y2Kay » [Reporter]Dabney Coleman » [The Ex Files]Stream of Consciousness » [Texas Classics]miscellany State Fare » Alvin Ailey » [Texas Primer]Roar of the Crowd » About Faces » [The Inside Story]food Fruit-and-Nut Granola » Chilaquiles With Queso Fresco » Orange-Glazed Muffins » Smoked-Salmon Omelet » Chocolate-Chunk Pancakes » Scrambled Egg Whites With Shiitake Mushrooms and Roma Tomatoes Beau » Fresh Fruit With Mint-Yogurt Dressing » Gingerbread Pancakes » Buttermilk Biscuits » Cottage Potatoes » Egg in a Hole » Cinnamon-Pumpkin Empanadas » Potato Pancakes With Sour Creamy Chipotle Sauce » American Beauty Cake » State Fare »
March 2000
features My Own Private Alamo » Wayne’s World » Mission Collectible » Blood Will Sell » Land That I Love » Crashed » The Gates of the Alamo » columns Spence for Hire » [Business]Saving Face » [Health]Should We Care » [Behind the Lines]Voting Rites » [Politics]The Running Men » [Sports]reporter The Runner » [Book Review]AfterImage » [Book Review]Interstate Dreams » [Book Review]Blood & Mood » [Music Review]Sweet Inspiration » [Music Review]Robinson Ear’s Little Whirled of Sound » [Music Review]Superfast » [Music Review]and all the colors… » [Music Review]Unmasked? » [Reporter]Willie Brown » [The Ex Files]Mission Impossible » [Texas Classics]Lauren Anderson » [Face]miscellany Regarding Henry » [Low Talk]Santa Anna » [Texas Primer]Roar of the Crowd » State Fare » Toney Curtis » [The Inside Story]food Tempura-Crisped Shrimp Salad » State Fare » biz Wired Guns » Gimme an e! » Cliff and Lisa Sharples » Tech of the Town » Shares and Shares Alike » Leadership to the Max » Room Service » Thomas Engibous » Whatever Happened to Jack Kilby » The ABCs of P/Es » How I Made It » Thanks » Meetmarket.com »
April 2000
features The Aggie Bonfire Tragedy » Shrake’s Progress » Can Doodle » The Sins of the Father » Play Ball, Y'all » A Big Hit » columns Dear Governor: » [Behind the Lines]The King of Clubs » [Profile]The Sundance Kid » [Film]Straight Shooter » [Sports]Hot Sauce » [Business]reporter Adolph Hofner and the Pearl Wranglers » [Music Review]Wrestling Over Tiny Matters » [Music Review]Too Much Coffee Man » [Music Review]Chris Rybak » [Music Review]Toad of Titicaca » [Music Review]A Twist at the End: A Novel of O. Henry » [Book Review]Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush » [Book Review]God’s Favorite: A Novel » [Book Review]Studio City » [Reporter]Trailblazer » [Texas Classics]Charles Barsotti » [The Ex Files]Andy Milburn » [Face]miscellany Roar of the Crowd » Estranged Bedfellows » [Low Talk]State Fare » We Remember: Tom Landry » [Texas Primer]The Inside Story » web exclusives food Stir-Fried Squid Pasta » State Fare »
May 2000
features A Celebration of Texas Music » Wills Power » Birthplaces of the Blues » Gotta Lubbock » Y'all in the Family » And You Will Know Them By the Trail of Debt » Tomorrow People » Musical Marginalia » A Great Day In Austin » columns Bare Assets » [Business]Angels & Outlaws » [Behind the Lines]Sax and the Cities » [Profile]Waiting for My Man » [First Person]L.A. Confidential » [Crime]reporter Texas Music » [Book Review]The Life and Legend of Leadbelly » [Book Review]Last Cavalier: The Life and Times of John A. Lomax » [Book Review]Rave On: The Biography of Buddy Holly » [Book Review]Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin » [Book Review]Texan Jazz » [Book Review]Waltz Across Texas » [Music Review]The Complete Blind Willie Johnson » [Music Review]San Antonio Rock: The Harlem Recordings, 1957-1961 » [Music Review]Old No. 1 / Texas Cookin’ » [Music Review]Escape From Monster Island » [Music Review]Tuned Out » [Reporter]Larry Gatlin » [The Ex Files]Acting the Part » [Texas Classics]Jessica Simpson » [Face]miscellany State Fare » Roar of the Crowd » Stevie Ray Vaughan » [Texas Primer]The Law Won » [Low Talk]Cover Story » [The Inside Story]web exclusives food Rosemary Pork Loin Tuscan White Beans » State Fare »
June 2000
features Great Escapes » John O’Quinn Objects » The Meating » The Case Against John Cornyn » “I’m Not Lovable, And I’m Not a Loser” » The Evolutionary » columns Chaps Schtick » [Music]Rx for Trouble » [Business]The Attack » [Behind the Lines]Winter in L.A. » [Sports]Out Man In » [Education]reporter Executive Ranch » [Reporter]Rain Man » [Texas Classics]Ray Sexton and April Alford » [Face]The Temp » [Low Talk]Annette O’Toole » [The Ex Files]Shutdown » [Book Review]Galveston » [Book Review]World of Pies » [Book Review]Figure 8 » [Music Review]Live at Antone’s » [Music Review]All the Falsest Hearts Can Try » [Music Review]Greyhound Blues » [Music Review]Places in Between » [Music Review]miscellany Dennis and Randy Quaid » [Texas Primer]Roar of the Crowd » State Fare » food Filo-Wrapped Sea Bass » State Fare » biz Reality Bites » Splurge! Merge! Purge! » Katherine Hammer » Sand Dollars » Clear Channel Communications »
July 2000
features How W. Can Win » How W. Can Lose » Conservative. Compassionate? » George W. Es Muy Bueno » Capital Murder » Franco File » The Anti-Tiger » Whatabusiness! » columns E’er Heads » [Texana]On the Fringe » [Music]It’s Been Fun » [Behind the Lines]Vocal Heroes » [Health]Easy Writer » [Film]reporter The Complete Science Fiction Sessions/Skies of America/Dancing In Your Head » [Music Review]Transcendental Blues » [Music Review]Red River » [Music Review]Dallas Alley Drag » [Music Review]Peep Show » [Music Review]Roads » [Book Review]It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life » [Book Review]The Special Prisoner » [Book Review]miscellany State Fare » Ginger Rogers » [Texas Primer]End of the Line » [Reporter]Roar of the Crowd » A Woman of Independent Means » [Texas Classics]Women On The Verge » [Low Talk]Kevin Prigel » [Face]Ronnie Dunn » [The Ex Files]food Crispy Veal Sweetbreads With Truffle Oil » Rabbit With Green Olives » Very Lemon Tarts » Lemon-Basil Risotto With Diver Scallops » State Fare » biz Gimme a Breakup! » Gordon Bethune » The New, New Henry C » Disorder in the Court » EOG Resources »
August 2000
features LBJ’s Living Legacy » The Man Who Saved LBJ » Roger, Over and Out? » Suddenly Susan » Painting the Towns » Free Greg Ott! » columns Master Builder » [Art]Merge Ahead » [Business]Great Expectations » [Behind the Lines]Sun Spot » [Travel]Cybersleuths » [High Tech]reporter The Return of Wayne Douglas » [Music Review]Into the New » [Music Review]The Spectacular Johnny Horton » [Music Review]Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today » [Music Review]Deep River of Song: Big Brazos Texas Prison Recordings, 1933 and 1934 » [Music Review]The Eye of Horus » [Book Review]Dead Man’s Bay: A Case for Barrett Raines » [Book Review]Royal and Ancient: Blood, Sweat, and Fear at the British Open » [Book Review]miscellany State Fare » Herman and George R. Brown » [Texas Primer]Reneé Olstead » [Face]Jim Lehrer » [The Ex Files]Blood Brothers » [Reporter]Roar of the Crowd » A Soldier's Story » [Texas Classics]Laredough » [State Secrets]web exclusives food Watermelon Gazpacho With Passion Fruit Sorbet » State Fare » biz Saving Penney's » Tax Tiff » Vignette » Nicole Miller » Hut, Hut, Pay Hike! »
September 2000
features The Texas Twenty » Television Angie Harmon » Comeback Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson » Medicine Wayne Isom » Education Rod Paige » Politics Karl Rove » Music Elida Reyna » Food Phil Romano » Law Bill Johnston » Sports Mia Hamm » Theater Roger Horchow » Face Shannon Elizabeth » Literature John Phillip Santos » Art Joseph Havel » Scholarship Jacques Barzun » Religion W.C. and Donna Martin » Film Bonnie Curtis » Environment Steve Manning » Business Sanjiv Sidhu » Science George F. Bass » Dance Deborah Yates » columns One Man's Familia » [First Person]Swamp Thing » [Sports]Going Underground » [Travel]Storm Without End » [Behind the Lines]Change of Routine » [Profile]reporter The Harsh Light of Day » [Music Review]The Live Mantuak Sessions » [Music Review]Earned Dreams » [Music Review]Zoológico Tropical » [Music Review]Consent to Treatment » [Music Review]Dead by Dinner » [Music Review]The Devils Tiger » [Book Review]Purple Cane Road » [Book Review]House of Corrections » [Book Review]miscellany State Fare » Charley Pride » [Texas Primer]Horse Play » [Reporter]Roar of the Crowd » The Western Edge » [Texas Classics]Gored » [State Secrets]Mike and Gibby Cevallos » [Face]Aaron Latham » [The Ex Files]food Braised Short Ribs With Rosemary-Parmesan Polenta » Italian Parsley-Caper Sauce » Rosemary-Parmesan Polenta » State Fare » biz Can ZixIt Fix It? » BMC Software » Pity the Poor Computer » Gerald Hines » Sweet Charity »
October 2000
features Can't Buy Me Love » Splendor in the Grass » My Daddy » Get With the Program » It's Rick Perry's Party Now » This Place Is A Zoo » columns Bigger Bend » [Travel]The Pits » [Books]Little Big Man » [Behind the Lines]Babin Fever » [Profile]Unsung » [Music]Sour Grapes » [Food and Drink]reporter Milk Cow Blues » [Music Review]Bolsa de Agua » [Music Review]Hot Night Tonight » [Music Review]The Return of The Drunk Ventriloquist » [Music Review]Trainfare Home » [Music Review]The Bottoms » [Book Review]Texas Death Row: Executions in the Modern Era » [Book Review]Close Calls: Jan Reid’s Texas » [Book Review]miscellany Alpaca » [Texas Classics]Lee Ann Womack » [The Ex Files]Juan Miró » [Face]State Fare » Frank Buck » [Texas Primer]Royal Treatment » [Reporter]Baked Herbed Goat Cheese » [You and Us]Justice Prevails » [State Secrets]You Don't Know Jack? » [The Inside Story]web exclusives The War of the Sarofims » Zooing Around With the Kids » Your questions on Texas wine answered » food Baked Herbed Goat Cheese » State Fare » biz A Bug in the Chips » When the Music's Over » Dennis Nixon » Pioneer Spirit » Administaff »
November 2000
features Airport 2000 » They Haven't Got a Prayer » Man of Letters » The Searcher » Whodunit? Who Cares? » Judge Not » columns Cooper's Town » [Books]Empathy Note » [Behind the Lines]Almost Famous » [Music]West Texas Tornado » [Sports]Digital Docs » [Health]Joys in the 'Hood » [Food and Drink]reporter SRV » [Music Review]Flower After Flower » [Music Review]Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury » [Music Review]Uma » [Music Review]Little Brother » [Music Review]Zeitgeist: A Novel of Metamorphosis » [Book Review]Boone's Lick » [Book Review]Turn Out the Lights » [Book Review]miscellany Jurist Prudence? » [State Secrets]Strange Peaches » [Texas Classics]Janine Turner » [The Ex Files]Bruce Rodgers » [Face]State Fare » Old Yeller » [Texas Primer]A Star Is Sworn » [Reporter]web exclusives Pray, Tell » Airport 2000 Extra: For the Record » Airport 2000 Extra: Safety » Must-Read Mysteries » Strange Peaches » food Sweet Mascarpone Polenta With Roasted Nectarines » State Fare » biz BabyBell Hell » Presidential Tech » Azurix » Stephen Clark » Top Billing »
December 2000
features Fifty Gifts Yule Love » Merry Texas Christmas, You All » The Twelve Months of Christmas » Viva Fort Hood » Can Vicente Fox Save Mexico? » Child of a Lesser God » Season’s Eatings » Deer Prudence » columns Clearing the Air » [Behind the Lines]On the Rebound » [Sports]Go to Jail! » [Art]Seeing the Light » [Texana]Feature Presentation » [Music]Spurred On » [Profile]Confessions of a Washed-up Sportswriter (Including Various Digressions About Sex, Crime, and Other Hobbies) » [Books]reporter Contigo » [Music Review]No Sleep » [Music Review]Lights Karma Action » [Music Review]A Stagecoach Named Desire » [Music Review]Damon Bramblett » [Music Review]Robbers » [Book Review]First and Last Seasons » [Book Review]miscellany Cell Block » [State Secrets]Mayor May Not » [Reporter]Bill Owens » [The Ex Files]Heidi Grant Murphy » [Face]Sam Rayburn » [Texas Primer]State Fare » Robbers » [Hot Book Excerpt]web exclusives The King and I » The Basketball Diary » food Penny’s Cookies » Gulf Coast Oyster and Chorizo Stew » Goat Cheese-Plantain Empanadas With Tomato Salsa » Fresh Fruit and Tortilla Slaw » Cornish Hens With Smoky Guajillo Salsa » Sweet and Sour Brussels Sprouts » Gingered Potato Casserole » Apple-Cranberry Filo Tarts » State Fare » biz Barons of Buyout » Kim Dawson » Texas Needs Nerds » Managing, Texas-style » Hispanic Broadcasting »
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