Photo illustration by Randal Ford.
Rick Perry photograph by Bob E. Daemmrich/Sygma/Corbis.
February 2009
Table of Contents
Features
The Thrilla in VanillaThe looming clash between Republican gubernatorial candidates Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison may not be as fearsome as the storied Ali-Frazier bout, but it’s the heavyweight showdown every Texas political junkie has been waiting for. An Isolated IncidentAfter his son died of a drug overdose in his fraternity house at SMU, Tom Stiles began asking questions that campus authorities preferred not to answer. Two years later, he is still learning the truth about what happened—and why. |
Where to Eat Now 2009How perfect is this: The best new restaurant to open during the Year of Financial Meltdown is located in the lobby of an old Houston bank. What better place to invest your money than in the soul-nourishing flavor combos of chef Michael Kramer’s beautifully composed plates? The Night the Music DiedFifty years ago, a plane carrying Buddy Holly crashed in a remote Iowa cornfield. This month, hundreds of fans will gather at the ballroom where he played his final show to sing, dance, and mourn the greatest rock star ever to come out of Texas.
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Columns
Behind the LinesHere Comes the NeighborhoodPreston Hollow gets its Bush back.
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Sarah BirdDishingEating high on the hog when you’re low on the totem pole.
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Reporter
Music ReviewThe Truth According to Ruthie FosterThe Horse’s MouthLobbying |
Book ReviewCutting for StoneBook ReviewForty Tales From the AfterlivesAuthor InterviewPratap ChatterjeeMusic ReviewThe Tiffany TranscriptionsMusic ReviewChanging HorsesArtist InterviewGurf Morlix |
The Filter
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterSubscription AccomplishedRoar of the CrowdCafe Klatch |
ContributorsDavid Bowman, Paul Burka, and Bear Guerra. |
Web Exclusives
Pratap ChatterjeeAn extended interview with the author of Halliburton’s Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War. Majority Rules?The two-thirds majority rule has been the foundation of parliamentary procedure in the Texas Senate for centuries. Is all that about to change? The Last Pickens ShowWhen T. Boone Pickens launched his Pickens Plan last summer, crude oil was at $136 a barrel. Now, with crude at or below $40, does anyone care anymore about what Pickens has to say? Dreams from My FatherHow my dad learned to stop worrying and love a Democrat. Being ThereI was there to witness history. Sort of. A Patchwork HeritageEveryone wanted to be here to touch a piece of history, and they were there the day the world changed. |
Gone (Back) to TexasOn Inauguration Day, Midland, Texas was like a parallel universe to the rest of the country. She Got Gamed?On January 13, the girls’ basketball team for the Covenant School of Dallas, an elite private Christian school in upscale North Dallas, demolished its opponents from the Dallas Academy, a lesser known East Dallas school that focuses on students who face a variety of learning problems. A Mother’s WordsBonnie Haldeman, the mother of David Koresh, dies at 64. Confessions of a Working MomEvery once in a while, it all seems to bite me in the you-know-what. A Friendship HundredaireI’m closing in on 100 “friends” on Facebook. That benchmark forces me to confront a terrible truth. I don’t really have 100 friends. EntrappedHow a high-profile member of Austin′s radical progressive community became an FBI informant. Waiting for Matty Pickles to Come OutSpoon front man Britt Daniel, taking his sweet time on a new album. Cole CaseTimothy Cole finally gets his day in court, but doesn′t live to see his name cleared of a crime he didn′t commit. Downsizing HoustonIf the crash that followed the boom hasn’t exactly been our fault, the result has been that same sad sense that maybe we’ll never have fun again. |
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