March 2008
Table of Contents
Features
The Valley of The Shadow Of DeathDid Kari Baker, despondent over her daughter’s passing, commit suicide? Or was she killed by her husband, Matt, a Baptist preacher in Waco and an alleged sexual predator? He says he didn’t do it, but her family insists otherwise—and they say they’ll keep after him until justice is done. Where To Eat Now 2008Yes, the setting is ritzy and the food remarkable. But what really makes the state’s best new restaurant sizzle is something less tangible: the (Dean) Fearing factor. |
Untitled Mike Flynt ProjectA veteran Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t have come up with a better narrative arc: Seeking redemption, 59-year-old reenrolls at university he was once asked to leave, tries out for football team, makes it, becomes one of oldest-ever players in NCAA history. Or at least that’s how the hero wants it to be told. The full story may not be quite so neat and tidy, but . . . aw, hell, roll cameras anyway! Plus:Untitled Mike Flynt Project: VideoThe full Mike Flynt story may not be quite so neat and tidy, but...aw, hell, roll cameras anyway! Wyatt’s WorldThirty years after he took his first photograph for us—of charming kook Stanley Marsh 3—contributing photographer Wyatt McSpadden looks back on his extraordinary career and tells the stories behind some of our favorite images. Plus:Wyatt’s World: SlideshowIn 1978, he got his first assignment. Thirty years later, he’s still here. |
Columns
Michael EnnisBear MarketThe historic showdown between Texas and California has been a cold war, a simmering ideological feud between two great powers. And the winner (for now) is . . . |
Antonya NelsonThe Easier LifeMy Mexican housekeeper’s son had the troubles of many American teens. If only I could have helped him more. |
Reporter
The Filter
Pat’s PickThe Grove |
The Filter: DiningNew and Noteworthy |
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdBum RapContributorsKinky Friedman, Andi Beierman, and Brent Humphreys. |
Web Exclusives
Performance AnxietyAn interview with Cliff Redd—executive director of the Long Center Internet SleuthA Waco housewife tracks the Matt Baker case. |
