Composite photograph by Dan Winters. Creative retouching by Joe Zeff Design.
February 2010
Table of Contents
Features
Right Place, Right TimeA year ago Rick Perry’s political future seemed to be in peril. Now he’s looking past the 2010 elections—and all the way to the White House. Think I’m kidding? How about a cup of tea?
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193That’s the number of times Harris County housewife Susan Wright stabbed her husband in a brutal 2003 murder that riveted the nation and landed her in prison for 25 years. But should the butcher of the burbs be freed? He’s About A MoverCountry, jazz, blues, R&B, polka, and conjunto—the late, great Doug Sahm was a walking encyclopedia of Texas music. An exclusive excerpt from a new biography explores how he stirred it all together and found his own sound in his first great song. |
Columns
Behind the LinesThe Rice StuffWhy the proposed merger between Baylor College of Medicine and my alma mater could turn out to be a bad prescription. Letter From BryanThe ConvertAfter a sudden pang of conscience, former Bryan Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson became a pro-life activist and a star on the conservative talk show circuit. But is she telling the truth? |
Letter From Fort WorthBishop Takes CastleFort Worth clergyman Jack Iker’s battle with the Episcopal Church has become an all-out war. And the stakes couldn’t be higher. The TexanistVegetarian offspring, a barroom dispute, maintaining the “Texas identity,” and whether anything can be done to cure a marriage-threatening case of snoring. |
Reporter
The ManualDancing CumbiaHow to dance cumbia.
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Book ReviewMr. ShiversAuthor InterviewDavid R. DowMusic ReviewThe Golden ArchipelagoMusic ReviewDowntown ChurchMusic ReviewThe Courage Of OthersArtist InterviewGerard Cosloy |
The Filter
The Filter: DiningNew and Noteworthy |
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterPaulitics 101Roar of the CrowdDance Fever |
ContributorsJan Reid, Philip Burke, and Patricia Sharpe. |
Web Exclusives
Witness for the ProsecutionThe shocking testimony of Vanessa Bulls against Matt Baker. A Toast to HüzünFinding the blues in a bar in Bursa. Inside Texas MonthlyShowing a new intern the tricks of the trade. Get Your GunNot everyone can spin a pistol. Gun twirling champion Paula Saletnik talks about being a modern-day Annie Oakley. The Queen of the NeighborhoodA prayer for the broken hearted. |
The IllusionistFor more than thirty years, artist Damian Priour has crafted beautiful sculptures made of limestone, metal, wood, bronze, and glass. Playing the FieldHow the state's top two players made their college choices. Vines for ValentinesSip a little here, nosh a little there, and fall in love with Texas wineries. CSI: AnahuacThe John Doe case that continues to haunt a small town in Texas. Congressman Charlie WilsonCharlie served his district and his state well, and he never tried to hide his shortcomings, and he was a good friend. A lot of people would settle for that as an epitaph. |
Multimedia
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Recipes
Barbecue ShrimpRecipe from Chef Larry McGuire, Perla’s, Austin Alpine BaguetteRecipe from Master Baker Richard Michot, W.M. Bakery and Watermark Grill, San Antonio |
Dean’s MargaritaRecipe from Chef Dean Fearing, Fearing’s, Dallas Braised Lamb ShanksRecipe from Chef Scott Cohen, Pavil, San Antonio |
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