May 2008
Table of Contents
Features
“Willie’s God! Willie’s God! We Love Willie!”In this extraordinary oral history, Willie Nelson’s friends, kin, and collaborators (Jimmy Carter, Emmylou Harris, Robert Redford, Merle Haggard, and many more big names) tell their favorite stories about him—and pay a special seventy-fifth-birthday tribute to perhaps the most iconic Texan of all. Faith, Hope, and ChastityTexas receives more federal funding for abstinence education than any other state. But is teaching kids not to have sex the same as sex education? Remains of the DayThe Texas State Cemetery, home to the final resting places of the celebrated and the notorious, is a walk through time, revealing all that is great, courageous, tragic, pompous, and absurd about Texas. |
This Land Is His LandJerry Patterson’s enemies make him out to be the Grinch who sold Christmas (Mountains, that is). Of course, he couldn’t give a &$%#. Natural BeautiesDozens of roses—and not just yellow ones—have flourished in Texas for more than a century, planted by immigrants who cherished them as sentimental reminders of home. Here are a few of our favorites. |
Columns
Behind the LinesAlmost BlueWhat the massive Democratic turnout says about the political landscape in Texas. |
Letter From HoustonGirl, InterruptedHouston’s most famous teenage killer is trying to reclaim her life and move on. Letter From Farmers BranchNo Place Like HomeBienvenidos a Farmers Branch, the headline-worthy Dallas suburb where the biggest hard-liner on illegal immigration could soon be known as Mr. Mayor. |
Reporter
The Working LifeAbby McAfee DaigleIn the ChuteA Dark Visionary |
The Filter
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdTwist of FaithContributorsDon and Molly Glentze, Jeff Wilson, and Michael Hall |
Editor’s LetterSay Hey Willie |
Web Exclusives
Mountain ManSam Gwynne and the Texas land commissioner in Big Bend. |
Recipes
Lemon Napoleon-Almond Crema-Olive OilFrom Bolla, Dallas |
Garden Vegetable Risotto-Parmesan Cracker-Oregano BrothFrom Bolla, Dallas |
