2001 Archive
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January 2001
features The 2001 Bum Steer Awards » Unsentimental Journey » Under the Gun » Return to Padre » Hall of Justice » columns Taste for Trouble » [Profile]Poster Boy » [Profile]Now What? » [Behind the Lines]Outlaw Country » [Crime]reporter Fess Parker » [The Ex Files]Snap Decision » [Reporter]A Prince of a Fellow » [Texas Classics]David Gordon Green » [Face]Flag Burning and Free Speech: The Case of Texas v. Johnson » [Book Review]Adventures in The Bone Trade » [Book Review]Mama’s Gun » [Music Review]Charm » [Music Review]Ready » [Music Review]The Houston Kid » [Music Review]Lifetime » [Music Review]miscellany Henry B. Gonzalez » [We Remember]Numbers Game » [State Secrets]State Fare » web exclusives Bum Deal » The Hit Parade » Texas Tidbits » Happy Trails » Texas History 101 » food Baileys Irish Cream Pyramid Cake » Savory Shrimp and Plantains With Spinach Bread Pudding » State Fare » The Food of Texas: Authentic Recipes From the Lone Star State » biz Hello, Mr. Chips » McNair's Dare » Luby's, Inc. » Video Killers »
February 2001
features The Whole Shootin' Match » Love and War in Cyberspace » The Talented Mr. Wittliff » Bill Passes » The Widow’s Pique » columns Unnatural Habitat » [Texana]Spare the A-Rod » [Behind the Lines]Hot Doug » [Film]Drew Carries On » [Sports]reporter miscellany Nicholas Gonzalez » [Face]King Vidor » [Texas Primer]Thomas Haden Church » [The Ex Files]The Candidate » [Reporter]The Perfect Sonya » [Texas Classics]Premium Issue » [State Secrets]State Fare » Restaurant Guide » web exclusives Outlaw Love » Where's Walden » Texas Tidbits » Texas History 101 » Happy Trails » The Perfect Sonya » Ordinary Horror » The Lecturer's Tale » food Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake » Crabmeat-Crusted Sea Bass With Wilted Spinach Salad » Spinach Salad and Pancetta Vinaigrette » State Fare » The Best From Helen Corbitt’s Kitchen » biz Wilted » Semi-tough » Web Gumshoes » Travelocity.com »
March 2001
features Return to The Gay Place » 50 Things Every Texan Should Do » Tex Education » How I Learned to Hate the Media And Love Politics (Well, Sort of) » 2002: A Race Odyssey » T Bone, Well Done » I Had a Ball » columns Techs and the City » [Behind the Lines]San Antonio Mission » [Sports]Grist for Mills » [Profile]The Beat Goes On » [Music]Let It Be » [Religion]reporter miscellany Power Politics » [State Secrets]Maximum Insecurity » [Reporter]Valarie Rae Miller » [The Ex Files]And The Earth Did Not Devour Him » [Texas Classics]State Fare » Restaurant Guide » The New London School Explosion » [Texas Primer]web exclusives Flight: My Life In Mission Control » Nifty Fifty » Is That Your Final Answer? » Texas Tidbits » Texas History 101 » Happy Trails » food Italian Pot Roast With Gremolata » State Fare » Any Bitch Can Cook » biz Mixing Oil and Politics » American Flier » Dell Computer » The Great Digital Divide »
April 2001
features The Slow Life and Fast Death of DJ Screw » The Battle for the Border » The Education of Laura Bush » Round and Round » History in the Making » columns Grand Designs » [Behind the Lines]Imperfect 10 » [Politics]The Better Deal » [Sports]The Hate Debate » [Law]Curing the Colonias » [Health]Cabin Fever » [Travel]Knightmare » [Books]Tennison, Anyone? » [Music]reporter The Reformer » [Reporter]Talking Ed » [Reporter]Riding High » [Reporter]Book Drive » [Reporter]I Swear » [First Person]miscellany All Politics Is Yokel » [The Last Roundup]Restaurant Guide » web exclusives Flour or Corn? » Who's That Lady? » On the Border » Texas Tidbits » Texas History 101 » Happy Trails » A Grand Guy: The Art and Life of Terry Southern » food Barbecue-Glazed Sea Bass With Crawfish Butter » Tortilla Turnovers » Rosario’s Tacos Callejeros (Street Vendor’s Tacos) » Enchiladas De Chile Ancho » Texas Celebrity Cookbook »
May 2001
features The Second Battle of Goliad » Daddy's Little Girl » Writers Bloc » The Book on Willie Morris » Duking It Out Over W. » Field Work » columns Apply and Demand » [Behind the Lines]Party Poopers » [Politics]Dead On Deadline » [Media]Tapped Out » [Texana]Gaining Currency » [Business]Urban Renewal » [Travel]The Reign of Spain » [Art]Slush Fun » [Food and Drink]reporter Capitol Letters » [Reporter]Over A Barrel » [Reporter]Medal Round » [Reporter]Civil Rites » [First Person]miscellany Strange Bedfellows » [The Last Roundup]Restaurant Guide » web exclusives Rimes and Reason » Turning Twenty » My Friend Willie » Goliad Revisited » A Q & A With Ray Charles » Texas Tidbits » Happy Trails » Texas History 101 » food Crab Cakes in Chardonnay Cream Sauce » Black Tie and Blue Jeans: Cooking on the Llano Estacado »
June 2001
features On the Water Front » To Hell and Back » The Killing of Alydar » Good-bye to All That » Tex Education, Part 2 » The Assassination in Me » columns You've Got Mail » [Behind the Lines]The Cash Machine » [Sports]The Supremes » [Law]Independence Day » [Texana]Killer Bugs » [Health]Mercury Rising » [Food and Drink]West Meets East » [Books]The Collector » [Music]reporter Back to Jasper » [Reporter]Skeleton Crew? » [Reporter]Out of Range » [Reporter]Extra! Extra! » [First Person]Presumed Innocent » [Music Review]Paradise » [Book Review]miscellany The Navigator » [The Last Roundup]web exclusives Texas Tidbits » Texas History 101 » Happy Trails » Water Log » Shooting Stars » Testing, Testing » Spong, Texas Writer » A Q&A With Dame Edna » Down Under » Dive Into Summer » The Yokota Officers Club » food Boursin-Cheese-and-Snail Ravioli » Texas Old-Time Restaurants and Cafes »
July 2001
features Sober » The Best and the Worst Legislators » Session Player » Lance Armstrong Has Something to Get Off His Chest » A Star-Spangled Spread » columns Boss Perot, Jr. » [Business]Twin Piques » [Behind the Lines]The Heat Generation » [Texana]Liberalism Lives! » [Media]Battle Plan » [Health]Nether Lands » [Travel]Image Conscious » [Art]Whole Other Country » [Music]reporter Vote of Confidence » [Reporter]War Stories » [Reporter]Family Matters » [First Person]miscellany Texas for Dummies » [The Last Roundup]Restaurant Guide » web exclusives Happy Trails » Breaking Away » Special Session » Winged Evaders » Cover Boy » Tropical Paradise » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » Web Exclusive » food Sesame-Crusted Ahi Tuna in Spicy Citrus Soy Sauce » Honey-Ginger Applesauce » Five Bean and Red Onion Salad » Crudites and Sauce Aioli » Grilled Lobsters With Summer-Vegetable Slaw » Peach Swirl Vanilla Ice Cream » Sweet and Spicy Brined Pork Loin » Mashed Maple-Cascabel Sweet Potatoes » Heirloom Tomatoes and Texas Mozarella » Texas Blueberry Shortcake » Houston Junior League Cook Book: Favorite Recipes »
August 2001
features Old-Fashioned Texas » Nice Guys Finish Second » Queen of the Rodeo » The Case of the Persecuted Prosecutor » Her Dark Places » Boone Pickens Wants To Sell You His Water » columns No! No! No! » [Behind the Lines]Whine Country » [Business]Third and Long » [Sports]The Judge, Judged » [Law]The New Guy » [Media]Stars and Gripes » [Food and Drink]Thoroughly Modern » [Art]Donald Barthelme: The Genesis of a Cool Sound » [Books]reporter Plenty of Ammo » [Reporter]Bomb Scare » [Reporter]Check Mates » [Reporter]We Remember Ninfa Laurenzo » [Reporter]Water World » [First Person]miscellany Restaurant Guide » Ode to Billy Joe » [The Last Roundup]web exclusives Happy Trails » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » Saddle Up » Hecho en Mexico » Extra! Extra! » Old-Fashioned Extras » Old Times » food Chicken Tikka Masala » Aztec Pie » Chicken Breast in Mole Rojo From Oaxaca » Cuitlacoche and Goat Cheese Crisp With Zucchini Blossom Emulsion » The Texas Cookbook »
September 2001
features John Paul Cisneros » Walker Railey » Shaggy » Dapper Bandit » Doris Angleton » Jay J. Armes » Bobby Frank Cherry » My Three Sons » Dawn » Susan Powter » The Texas Monthly Covers » columns POTUS Operandi » [Behind the Lines]Ben Barnes » [Politics]The Ex-Governors » [Politics]Lena Guerrero » [Politics]The Ex-Speakers of the House » [Politics]The Ex-Mayors » [Politics]Senator A. R. “Babe” Schwartz » [Politics]Ronnie Dugger » [Politics]Jim Wright » [Politics]Robert Strauss » [Politics]Craig Washington » [Politics]Bob Krueger » [Politics]Dirty Thirty » [Politics]Oscar Wyatt » [Business]Rod Canion » [Business]Bunker Hunt » [Business]Mary Kay Ash » [Business]Joe Dealey » [Business]Comer J. Cottrell, Jr. » [Business]The Airline Guys » [Business]Kim Dawson » [Business]GSD&M Class of 1981 » [Business]Phyllis George » [Culture]Dew Westbrook » [Culture]Fess Parker » [Culture]Sam the Sham » [Culture]Beavis and Butt-Head » [Culture]Laura Canales » [Culture]Vanilla Ice » [Culture]Texas Chain Saw Massacre » [Culture]Tanya Tucker » [Culture]The Cast of Dallas » [Culture]Earl Campbell » [Sports]Randall "Tex" Cobb » [Sports]Zina Garrison » [Sports]David Clyde » [Sports]Kathy Whitworth » [Sports]Billy "White Shoes" Johnson » [Sports]The Dallas Cowboys' Ex-Quarterbacks » [Sports]Ken Hall » [Sports]Johnny “Lam” Jones » [Sports]Nancy Lieberman-Cline » [Sports]The 1983 UT Baseball Team » [Sports]Candy Barr » [Texana]The Original Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders » [Texana]Randall Dale Adams » [Texana]Tio Kleberg » [Texana]Joel Gregory » [Texana]Charles Whitman » [Texana]Georgette Mosbacher » [Texana]The “Sugarland Express” Gang » [Texana]Charles “Tex” Watson » [Texana]Jessica McClure » [Texana]The Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald » [Texana]reporter miscellany Band of Brothers » [The Last Roundup]Restaurant Guide » web exclusives Psst! » Search Engines » Urban Knight » Cheers to Salman Rushdie » Real World » Happy Trails » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » food Creamy Peach, Prune, or Poppy Seed Kolaches » Rosemary-Peach Chicken » Dallas Cowboys Wives' Cookbook and Family Album »
October 2001
features Hit Man » The Devil and Mr. Jones » Angel in the Backfield » A Tale of Two Cities » Screen Gems » Tex Education, Part 3 » Dr. No » columns Local Hero » [Texana]9/11/01 » [Behind the Lines]Minority Report » [Politics]True Story » [Media]Boo! » [Travel]All Grown Up » [Music]Best Western » [Art]reporter Looking for Bill » [Reporter]Viva Spanglish! » [First Person]Richard Linklater » [Reporter]miscellany Restaurant Guide » Social Studies » [The Last Roundup]A Great Week » [Atsbox]Go Native » [Atsbox]Straight Talk » [Atsbox]Fine Art » [Atsbox]web exclusives Pop Quiz » The Fan » Heart Beat » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » Happy Trails » food Grilled Boston Lettuce Salad With Warm Bacon—Blue Cheese Dressing » Pumpkin-Seed-Crusted Halibut » Austin Entertains »
November 2001
features How Good Is Your Kid's School? » Tony Sanchez's New Deal » Texas Ranges » How Enron Blew It » The Shuck Stops Here » columns A Report Card » [Behind the Lines]My Grief, and Ours » [Health]Distress Signal » [Media]Less Is Moore » [Sports]Dreade Locke » [Law]The Plot Sickens » [Books]Cocina Confidential » [Food and Drink]reporter My September 11 » [Reporter]Keith Graves » [Reporter]Playing Around » [First Person]miscellany Hail to the Kinkster » [The Last Roundup]Restaurant Guide » A Great Weekend » [Atsbox]Sports » [Atsbox]Straight Talk » [Atsbox]Deep Singing » [Atsbox]web exclusives Report Card » Tall Tales » Ghost Town » Uncle Blubbafink's Seriously Ridiculous Stories » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » Happy Trails » food Spaghetti alle Vongole » Cucumber Soup » Savory Cheese and Pumpkin-Seed Shortbread Cookies » Pork and Raisin Tamales » Cranberry and Pecan Tamales » Roasted Corn Tamales » Corn Poblano Tamales » Red Pepper Salsa for Tamales » Chiles in Walnut Cream Sauce » Chocolate Chile Mole Brownies » “The Count’s Soup” » Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures From Hudson's on the Bend »
December 2001
features The Shops Around the Corner » Remember the Christian Alamo » A Long, Strange Trip » Tex Education, Part 4 » Lyndon Johnson on the Record » columns Party Poopers II » [Politics]Centered » [Sports]Merry Tex-mas » [Texana]Horseman, Pass By » [Books]Guad Is Great » [Great Outdoors]Play Rite » [Family]War and Peace » [Behind the Lines]reporter The Inmate » [Reporter]Freddy Fender » [Reporter]Fear Itself » [First Person]miscellany Restaurant Guide » Atsbox » Anniversary » [Atsbox]On Stage » [Atsbox]Straight Talk » [Atsbox]Fine Art » [Atsbox]Room With a Boo » [The Last Roundup]web exclusives Shopping Spree » True Believers » Hot Box » Texas History 101 » Texas Tidbits » Happy Trails » food Shaved Celery Salad With Beets and Pecorino Romano Cheese » Twelfth Day Cake » With Love, From Cynthia: A Collection of Recipes and Remembrances »
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