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Alan says: I am in favor of limiting the governor to two consecutive terms. But blacklisting someone after eight years altogether, regardless of how good or bad they did their job, can needlessly force an effective public official out of public service. Many state governors throughout history have served well over eight years without their constituents regretting it. I would point out that such a system is wholly unworkable in twenty-first century America: we live in the era of the permanent campaign and the 24-hour news cycle. A governor facing re-election every other year would essentially do nothing but fundraise (which is close to what most do anyway even with four-year terms). (November 19th, 2009 at 11:09pm)
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Features
Go East, Young Man
What he learned about himself at Andover and Yale. (June 1999)
Tex Mecca
What are tens of thousands of Muslims doing in Arlington? Adjusting to life in America, debating the merits of assimilation, and trying to convince the world that they’re not terrorists. (May 1999)
The Exterminator
Does Tom DeLay kill Democrats on contact? Not exactly, but as the president can tell you, the profoundly partisan Republican congressman attacks his enemies relentlessly. (April 1999)
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Who gives a hoot about an owlish auteur with nary a directing credit in twenty years? All of Hollywood, that’s who—which is why Austinite Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line is the most anticipated film of the season. (December 1998)
Can John Glenn Do It Again?
As the 77-year-old prepares for yet another liftoff, fans and foes alike are praising his missionÑand questioning NASA’s. (October 1998)
HEALTH • Jack Roth
The doctor is in. (September 1998)
MEDIA • Debby Krenek
Read all about her. (September 1998)
Less Is Mauro
Barring a miracle, Garry Mauro will lose to George W. Bush in this November’s gubernatorial election. So why is he acting like a winner? (August 1998)
The Fall of the Last Patrón.
Even by South Texas standards, the undoing of Starr County sheriff Eugenio Falcón, Jr., was one for the books. (June 1998)
Anatomy of a Drug Cartel
The cocaine goes north. The money goes south. And Mexican kingpins like Juan García Abrego laugh all the way to the bank—a Texas bank, that is. (January 1998)
Hallie and Farewell
The life and legacy of a Texas icon. (October 1997)
Business • Michael Dell
Still plugged in. (September 1997)
“Boom” Is a Four-letter Word
No one will admit we’re in the middle of one, even as the economy surges. How come? Because the last time we had it this good, bragging only hastened the arrival of another four-letter word: “bust.” (July 1997)
The War for the Colorado
Battles over the river’s precious waters are pulling in everyone from pecan growers in Central Texas to shrimpers in Matagorda Bay, not to mention thirsty cities like San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Who will be left high and dry? (May 1997)
The Last Ride of the Polo Shirt Bandit
William Guess seemed to be an ordinary man: He had a wife and three children and owned his own business. So why did he become the most prolific bank robber in Texas history? (March 1997)
Whose Art Is It, Anyway?
Most everyone agrees that Dominique de Menil did the right thing when she paid for two stolen Cypriot frescoes and had them painstakingly restored. But her decision to build a chapel to house them in Houston has proved controversial. (January 1997)
Social Climbers
This month, a ragtag group of wanderers will descend on Hueco Tanks state park in West Texas, where they’ll spend their nights hanging out and their days hanging on to the most challenging boulders around. (November 1996)
Health • Gloria Feldt
Family planner. (September 1996)
Wafer Madness
Inside a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory, a day’s work is never done, as technicians race to build smaller, faster, and more-powerful computer chips. (April 1996)
Oil and Water
Offshore drillers are finding mammoth reservoirs in places that were once considered barren, which is why the Gulf of Mexico is booming again. (February 1996)
The Outer Limits
Combining the latest technology with an old-fashioned passion for her work, Austin astronomer Anita Cochran redefined the solar system. Now her star is on the rise. (August 1995)
Columns | Miscellany
News Makers
Coming January 1 to a small screen near you: A round-the-clock, Texas-specific, CNN-style cable channel. Its creators will be watching. Will you? (January 1999)
Metal of Honor
I wanted to see lightning strike the steel rods that artist Walter De Maria installed in a New Mexico field. I didn’t, but the trip was still illuminating. (May 1998)
Historical Friction
Conflicting accounts of the killing of German immigrants in the Hill Country during the Civil War are creating a certain amount of dis-Comfort. (October 1997)
Naval Gazing
As the Navy’s top civilian leader, Texan John Dalton has navigated one scandal after another. He might also be charting a course back home—and to elected office. (May 1997)
Cancer Patience
To perfect a promising new gene therapy, doctors at Houston’s M. D. Anderson need time. Unfortunately, that’s one thing people with malignant brain tumors don’t have. (January 1997)
Bad News, Baird’s
This spring, Texas’ leading white-bread maker was ordered to pay a fine of $10 million and settled a lawsuit for another $18 million. Why does the company have to cough up so much dough? (August 1996)
Reporter
Plaza Sweet
The remaking of a South Texas town. (April 1998)
The New Welfare
A little-known financial institution could be the future of the war on poverty in Texas. (June 1997)
Tru Story
Why Texarkana’s Truman Arnold is in the thick of a scandal over Democratic fundraising. (April 1997)
Smokin’!
Sowing the seeds of the hemp craze. (January 1997)
The Far Right Stuff
Wyatt Roberts says he’s simply crusading against sin, but critics contend that the Christian activist is trying to usher in a new era in Texas: the anti-gay nineties. (April 1996)
Web Exclusives
Dominique de Menil Remembered
Dominique de Menil—1908-1997 (December 1997)
