Photograph by Darren Braun.
Styling by Bonnie Markel.
October 2010
Table of Contents
Features
Big State, Small ScreenIs Friday Night Lights the best TV show ever made about Texas? Or just the first one (sorry, J.R.! Sorry, Hank!) that’s tried so hard to get the details right? Innocence LostAnthony Graves has spent the past eighteen years behind bars—twelve of them on death row—for a grisly 1992 murder. There was no plausible motive nor any physical evidence to connect him to the crime, and the only witness against him repeatedly recanted his testimony. Yet he remains locked up. Did the system fail?
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Unbelievable TV TexansSure they're supposed to be from Texas, but c'mon. Notable TV Texan Character NamesRemember ol’ what’s his face? TV Texans Played by Actual TexansSomeone’s got to keep ’em honest.
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Columns
Behind the LinesDem BumsBill White’s toughest foe this fall isn’t Rick Perry. It’s the national Democrats. But he could still win. Maybe. Letter From HoustonSpills and BillsThe BP oil spill hit the small world of Houston’s oil and gas business hard. So now that the well is plugged, who’s up and who’s down? |
Letter from San AntonioNo Retreat! No Surrender!Besieged on all sides, will the Daughters of the Republic of Texas finally lose control of the Alamo? Not if they can help it. The TexanistOffering Fine Advice Since 2007School yard bullying, game-day taunts, gambling etiquette, and children who dislike bones in their meat. |
Reporter
The ManualBig HairHow to style big hair.
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The Filter
Pat’s PickZandunga Mexican Bistro |
Miscellany
Editor’s LetterTenacious PContributorsChristopher and Kathleen Sleboda, D. J. Stout, and Paul Burka. |
Web Exclusives
Good Friday NightJohn Spong talks about unearthing the history of TV’s portrayal of Texas through the ages and how Friday Night Lights changed it all. Show Me the MoneyPaul Burka talks about cutting $18 billion from the Texas budget, separating the essential from the nonessential, and spending money on bricks and mortar. Searching for TruthPamela Colloff talks about reporting on an eighteen-year-old murder case and interviewing Anthony Graves, who was sent to death row for the crime. Shawn AchorThe Harvard researcher talks about his new book, The Happiness Advantage, and more. Bloggers, Babies, and the Benefits of BeerA roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities. Spill WayWhen people ask me if cartel violence will find its way into Texas, I tell them it already has—and it’s going to get worse. |
Snap DecisionsYour unofficial playbook for watching college football in Texas this weekend. Dollars and SenseWhen the Legislature meets in January, lawmakers know they won’t be able to cut their way to a balanced budget. Instead, they should do what a certain Republican governor did more than twenty years ago: raise taxes. Snap DecisionsYour unofficial playbook for watching college football in Texas during the weekend of October 9. Rangers Win! Rangers Win!A manager who admitted using cocaine? Owners who declared bankruptcy? Something about Claws and Antlers? No, the craziest story line of the season is that the Rangers have finally earned some respect. Snap DecisionsYour unofficial playbook for watching college football in Texas during the weekend of October 16. |
Multimedia
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Recipes
Huitlacoche RisottoRecipe from Zandunga Mexican Bistro, Austin. |
Guacamole “Al Gusto” (“Your Way”)Recipe from Zandunga Mexican Bistro, Austin. |
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