Composite photograph by Randal Ford. Retouching by Scott Dorman; Props and Wardrobe by Amy Maner; Casting by Rachel Flanagan
August 2010
Table of Contents
Features
Breaking AwayQuick! You still have time to get in a great vacation before school starts and summer ends. And with this handy—and extremely thorough—guide to five perfect trips, all you need to do is fill up the tank, buckle up the kids, and go. Head of The ClassThe question isn’t how the followers of an obscure Turkish imam came to operate the largest charter school system in Texas. It’s whether the incredible success they’ve had can help our ailing public schools. |
Near/FarDespite rampant fears to the contrary, the bloody drug violence in Mexico hasn’t spilled over into Texas—but that doesn’t mean it’s not transforming life all along the border.
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Columns
Behind the LinesThe Little 10I’ll give the new conference a fifty-fifty chance of lasting four years. Letter From HoustonCop DramaHow cuts to the budget of our mental health care system have created a nightmare for police officers in Houston—and everywhere else. |
Kinky FriedmanGov HuntAs the only man ever to run against both Bill White and Rick Perry, I have a few thoughts on how either one of these fine, upstanding, admirable men could beat the tar out of the other. The TexanistOffering fine advice since 2007Roadside mysteries, state symbols, a daughter’s attire, and the proper display of local feats on water towers. |
Reporter
The ManualHunting JavelinaHow to hunt javelina.
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Book ReviewLet’s Take The Long Way HomeBook ReviewThe Surf GuruAuthor InterviewLoren D. EstlemanMusic ReviewO Ye DevastatorMusic ReviewWell After AwhileMusic ReviewLocal Customs: Lone Star LowlandsArtist InterviewJimmie Vaughan |
The Filter
Miscellany
Roar of the CrowdHome Sweet HomeEditor’s LetterAll He Wrote |
ContributorsRandal Ford, Kinky Friedman, and Patricia Kilday Hart |
Web Exclusives
One for the RoadJordan Breal talks about searching for vacation spots, driving across Texas, and eating bone marrow. Lesson LearnedWilliam Martin talks about how charter schools could fundamentally change the Texas education system. Long DivisionNate Blakeslee talks about immigration and the media coverage of border spillover violence. The CraftsmanGary Cartwright talks about writing profiles; interviewing his longtime friend John Graves, who penned Goodbye to a River fifty years ago; and concentrating on the present. |
Purple HazeThe hip-hop inspired “purple drank” may have claimed its latest victim—former A&M defensive tackle Johnny Jolly of the Green Bay Packers—who faces prison time for possession of at least 200 grams of codeine, a key ingredient. Take Me To the RiverThe course of the Neches River Wilderness Canoe Race is the 22 miles of the Neches in Anderson County between Lake Palestine and U.S. 79, where the muddy channel winds through thick forest. Savoring a Bittersweet Life in VietnamTucked away somewhere in the fragmented patchwork of Hanoi sits an unassuming little café, an oasis for chocolate lovers, thanks to one Houston woman’s dream. Leveling the FieldHow coach Gary Patterson turned TCU Into a football powerhouse. |
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