December 2009
Table of Contents
Features
Step Right UpPress your jeans, pull on your boots, shine up your buckle, and come along on this two-stepping tour of classic country dance halls, from Tom Sefcik Hall, in Seaton, to Club Westerner, in Victoria. Plus:
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People We’ll Miss—2009A fond look back at 22 Texans who died in 2009, from Farrah Fawcett and Walter Cronkite to Brandon Lara and Joe Bowman. Perversion of JusticeCathy McBroom loved working as a case manager for Samuel Kent, Galveston’s brilliant, charismatic, all-powerful federal district judge. Then he started attacking her. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe TerminatorRick Perry’s record nine years in the Governor’s Mansion have made the office more powerful than ever before. That’s why we need term limits. Patricia Kilday HartWealth CareWhy does our health insurance system treat a small part of the Rio Grande Valley differently from the rest of the state? |
Sarah BirdHedda GarblerHelp! My voice recognition software is making me save airy funnel things witch nobody wonder Stans. Letter From MidlandSeparated At DeathErnest Willis spent seventeen years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit. And he has a few things to say about the case of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in 2004 for a strangely similar crime that many experts believe he didn’t commit either. |
Reporter
Street SmartsMain Street, SaladoVeer off I-35 to explore this lively stretch of boutiques, bistros, and gift shops galore. The ManualBarrel RacingHow to barrel race. Plus:
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Object LessonRed McCombs’s Office Mini-Fridge |
The Filter
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdYes, We CannabisContributorsJohn Spong, Steven Tabbutt, and Von |
Editor’s LetterHalls Across Texas |
Web Exclusives
The Bernadette BabiesA prayer for pagan souls and finding redemption in almond cake. A Beautiful MindTerry Stickels is combining his love of puzzles with spreading awareness of Alzheimer’s disease in his new book, The Big Brain Puzzle Book . Window To the WorldA prayer (and a migas recipe) for the unemployed. |
The Case for KeenumThe University of Houston quarterback leads the nation in passing attempts, completions, and yardage, and he’s tied for the NCAA lead with 38 touchdown passes. But does he have what it takes to win the Heisman? Coastal ViewHeading south to the land of live oaks and cotton. |
Recipes
FatoushRecipe from Samar by Stephan Pyles, Dallas Almond Cake With Raspberry SauceRecipe from Donna Xander. Pear and Thyme Crisp With Goat Cheese Mousse and Lavender HoneyChef Ethan Holmes, formerly the executive chef of Taverna, in Austin. |
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