Gregory Curtis

Gregory Curtis was the editor of TEXAS MONTHLY from 1981 until 2000. You can find out more about his current activities at www.gregorycurtis.com.

Features

Good-bye to a Horse

She named him Mark. I didn't know why, any more than I knew why my daughter was drawn to riding in the first place. But I did know that she loved him—and that letting him go was the hardest thing she'd ever done. (March 2004)

Education • Barbara R. Foorman

Read all about her. (September 1999)

The Lone Gunman

Why the Warren Commission was right. (November 1998)

LAW • Karla Faye Tucker

A matter of life and death. (September 1998)

San Francisco

Beat the crowds; do some Spade work. (November 1997)

Science • Richard E. Smalley

Good chemistry. (September 1997)

Film • Al Reinert and William Broyles, Jr.

Scripting success. (September 1996)

Education • Charles Miller

Head of the class. (September 1996)

How Farrah Fawcett Changed the World

It was simple, really. With Charlie’s Angels, television discovered sex. (April 1982)

The Joy of Cheerleading

One week with a thousand cheerleaders. (October 1977)

Witch-Hunt

Witches are where you find them. But where is that? (May 1974)

The Best Worst TV in Texas

Fires, murders, robberies, assaults, highway accidents: they happen every day in the city, and what happens every day is big news on San Antonio TV. (February 1974)

The Wizards of Odds

In Texas the bookies go where the action is and in Texas the action is with football. (December 1973)

Suit Yourself!

From underwear to trenchcoats, everything you never knew about men's fashions answered. (October 1973)

Body Business At Tokyo House

Sam Corey runs a chain of massage parlors. He says they're all on the up and up. (September 1973)

Film Fatale

Bright lights and movie madness in Big D. (June 1973)

The Movie Pushers

Why movies play where they do, when they do, and if they do. (May 1973)

Don't Touch That Dial!

Is anybody in Dallas watching? (March 1973)

Columns | Miscellany

What a Crockett!

There should be no mystery about the latest artifact of “history.” (January 2008)

It’s Been Fun

I’ll be seeing you. (July 2000)

The Attack

The New York Times versus Texas: It’s only the beginning. (June 2000)

Dear Governor:

Reclaiming George W. Bush. (April 2000)

Should We Care

The last word (for now) on Davy Crockett. (March 2000)

Animal Magnetism

My mane attraction. (February 2000)

Doomed Dome

’Dome, sweet ’Dome: Good-bye to the stadium of the century. (December 1999)

No Shortcuts

A charter school that makes the grade. (November 1999)

In, Not On, the Bayou

Down—and up—on the bayou. (September 1999)

West Is West

How great is Walter Prescott Webb? I had no idea. (July 1999)

Shakespeare in Lufkin

Y’all, the world’s a stage. (May 1999)

The Bridge

What the University of Houston can teach Texas. (April 1999)

Fix the Roof

A case for the parks. (March 1999)

Son of Oil Bust

Scenes from the new oil bust. (February 1999)

The Games Game

Houston and Dallas go for the gold. (January 1999)

A Test on the Test

A TAAS test test. (December 1998)

Looking for Love

Urban Cowboy rides again. (November 1998)

New World Order

The book on foreign policy. (October 1998)

Scorched Earth

This summer’s hot topic? Weather. (September 1998)

A Letter to the Mayor

(July 1998)

Brave and Selfless

Crime in Mexico hits home. (June 1998)

Getting Out

Now playing: Houston’s Fifth Ward. (May 1998)

Empire of Culture

How Texas—and Texas Monthly—has changed. (April 1998)

Smoke Detectors

Why the state’s tobacco settlement has ignited a controversy. (March 1998)

Behind the Lines

Why our pictures are worth a thousand words. (February 1998)

Who killed the Texas Democratic party?

(January 1998)

Love, War, and LBJ

(November 1997)

Seven Women

Should Texas execute a woman? You could debate that question to death. (October 1997)

Total Exposure

Is there such a thing as privacy on the Internet? (September 1997)

Hang Like a Bulldog

Boone Pickens no longer wears a tie. Herein lies a tale. (July 1997)

The First Protester

How a man named Eldrewey Stearns began the fight for civil rights in Houston. (June 1997)

For an Income Tax

Why Texas needs an income tax. (May 1997)

Scattered Applause

(March 1997)

By the Numbers

(February 1997)

Testy Mail

(January 1997)

The Church on the Hill

Why the big fight between a small town and a small church wound up in the Supreme Court. (December 1996)

Principals, Not Heels

Why good schools have clean bathrooms and principals who don’t wear high heels. (November 1996)

Shooting on the Border

(August 1996)

Blow by Blow

The art of throwing punches, the science of skipping rope, and other reasons why boxing is a hit with me. (May 1996)

The Fourth Tramp

A new book about Lee Harvey Oswald reveals that conspiracy theorists are still straining to repackage old news into something new. (April 1996)

Bookends

The conventional wisdom is that the independents are good and the national chains are evil—but don’t judge a bookstore by its cover. (March 1996)

Shots in the Dark

Two grim incidents involving guns, three dead teenagers: Reflections on self-defense. (February 1996)

Poets and Pedestrians

Two poets, well versed in the ways of Houston, reflect on the city’s effect on lives and letters. (January 1996)

The Uncertain Sage

(March 1994)

The Intimate GOP

(October 1992)

Why Unforgiven?

(September 1992)

Threat or Menace?

(August 1992)

Happy Babble

(July 1992)

Oil and Water

(June 1992)

Testing Delusions

(April 1992)

The Jammin’ Judge

(March 1992)

A New Foundation

(February 1992)

A Principal’s World

(January 1992)

A Round Per Second

(December 1991)

Texas Breaks Away

(November 1991)

Texans Versus Shapes

Heroes in the shade. (July 1989)

Behind the Lines

The case against conspiracy. (January 1989)

Behind the Lines

The sixth floor. (April 1988)

A Case of the Blues

If the Southland gave birth to the blues, Mack McCormick wants to know the time and place of the blessed event. (May 1977)

He's About a Mover

Doug Sahm's music is his own, but what luck that he plays it for everybody. (April 1974)

Chariots in the Bedroom

Our reviewer, whose capacity for punishment is apparently boundless, reports on ten best-selling paperback books. (March 1974)

San Francisco: An Offbeat Guide

Try something different next time you head West. (February 1974)

Behind the Lines

(August 1973)

Five Odd Books for Summer Reading

Turn off the T.V. and read a spell. These books are fun. (July 1973)

The Inside Story

Cover up. (October 1980)

Briar Patch

(February 1974)

Briar Patch

(October 1973)

Briar Patch

(June 1973)

Briar Patch

(April 1973)

Touts

(February 1973)

Loose Leaf

(February 1973)