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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)
Kathryn Jones
Features
Brownsville to Laredo on U.S. 83 and Mexico Highway 2
Vintage jukeboxes, puffed tacos, a deserted village—and a vision of Tom Landry. (May 2002)
Old-Fashioned Texas
Texas is changing before our eyes, but fried pies, drive-in movie theaters, and other vestiges of earlier days are all around. To find these treasures, we risked life, limb, and cholesterol count-and had a blast from the past. (August 2001)
Business • Sanjiv Sidhu
Shy-tech. (September 2000)
Place in the Heart
When you fall in love with a piece of land in Texas, you quickly learn that it changes. And it changes you. (November 1999)
MULTIMEDIA • John Romero
Game Boy. (September 1998)
Shrinking Giant
Once more than a million acres, the Matador Ranch is today a fraction of that size. How it got from there to here is the story of Texas ranching. (August 1998)
Briscoe’s Bounty
Dolph Briscoe used to govern Texas. He still owns a bigger piece of it than any individual in the world. (August 1998)
“I’ve Written Enough Fiction”
So says Larry McMurtry, Texas’ best—and best-known— novelist. But that doesn’t mean he’s giving up literature altogether; in fact, his days are quite booked. (December 1997)
Raymond Nasher
His artful gift to the city of Dallas ensures his legacy. (December 1997)
Columns | Miscellany
A Wyly Strategy
Dallas billionaire Sam Wyly is gearing up for another battle in his war with Computer Associates. This time he may have the firepower to win. (August 2002)
Together at Last
Compaq and Hewlett-Packard have completed the largest merger in the history of the technology industry, but is that good news for Houston and Texas? (June 2002)
Up in the Air
Since September 11, Texas' big three airlines—American, Continental, and Southwest—have struggled to survive. Here's their flight plan for the future. (February 2002)
Jim Wright
(September 2001)
The Airline Guys
Robert Crandall and Frank Lorenzo. (September 2001)
Comer J. Cottrell, Jr.
(September 2001)
Rod Canion
Booting up Rod Canion, version 2.0. (September 2001)
Whine Country
Californians can blame Texans all they want for their energy crisis, but the truth is they had the power to avoid it. (August 2001)
Cybersleuths
Put down that mouse and no one gets hurt: Meet a band of investigators in Houston and Dallas who are pulling the plug on a wave of computer crime. (August 2000)
Spence for Hire
How is the president and co-founder of Austin ad agency GSD&M expanding his reach into the realm of entertainment? One account at a time. (March 2000)
Pop Art
How 7 UP is trying to win back its share of the soft drink market, one commercial at a time. (January 1999)
Our Foreign Legion
Austria. The Bahamas. Botswana. Jamaica. Sweden. In each place the U.S. ambassador is a Texan sent there by Bill Clinton, whoÕs as partial to our stateÕs best and brightest (and richest) as LBJ was. (November 1998)
Marathon Man
Houston’s J.P. Bryan is remaking a West Texas town into what could be the next Taos—and for some locals, that’s a mixed blessing. (July 1998)
Grape and Pillage
By chain-sawing three acres of its research vineyard near Fort Stockton, the University of Texas System uncorked quite a controversy. (November 1997)
Corporate Makeover
EDS, the company Ross Perot imbued with his own conservative image, is designing Internet sites for magazines like Elle. What a tangled Web we weave. (July 1997)
Viz Kids
Texas A&M is churning out a new crop of students who aren't farmers or vets. They're the computer aces of the Visualization Lab, and they're Hollywood's new masters of special effects. (December 1996)
Royal Treatment
Archer City brings up the lights on the Royal theater. (October 2000)
Reporter
Into the Sunset
Sorry, Willie. My heroes have always been cowgirls—which is why I'm sad that these Texas icons are disappearing. (February 2003)
Family Matters
Kathryn Jones pulls at her family's roots. (July 2001)
Out of Range
Tracking down antelope in Marfa. (June 2001)
Skeleton Crew?
Chasing ghosts in Corpus Christi. (June 2001)
Back to Jasper
Looking in on Jasper. (June 2001)
Drawing the Line
Where is the Texas-Oklahoma border? The answer has people on both sides of the river seeing Red. (January 1997)
Disunion
The Texas film industry’s labor pain. (November 1996)
Malled
Wealthy school districts think they’ve found a way to shield millions of dollars from the state’s Robin Hood law. Are they about to get malled? (October 1996)
Nerd Herd
The drought drives cattle ranchers online. (September 1996)
Web Exclusives
Flying Aces
September 11 changed the airline industry. It's a good thing that the state's top airlines each have the right guy calling the shots. (February 2002)
Brownsville to Laredo on U.S. 83 and Mexico Highway 2
Vintage jukeboxes, puffed tacos, a deserted village—and a vision of Tom Landry. (January 1000)
Texas Monthly Biz
American Flier
Don Carty's vision for American Airlines takes off. (March 2001)
Barons of Buyout
Texas' buyout barons log on to online air travel. (December 2000)
BabyBell Hell
SBC fails to connect with high-speed Internet access. (November 2000)
A Bug in the Chips
Wayne Reaud's hard drive against Compaq. (October 2000)
Can ZixIt Fix It?
A blockbuster start-up tries to end e-mail insecurity. (September 2000)
Saving Penney's
Can the Web make a shiny new Penney's? (August 2000)
The New, New Henry C
Henry Cisneros, TV star. (July 2000)
Splurge! Merge! Purge!
Six months after the merger of Exxon and Mobil, a tally of the winners and losers. (June 2000)
