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On September 10, Charles Dean Hood will receive a lethal injection. Perhaps. Four times before, the convicted murderer has had a date with the executioner only to have the criminal justice system grant him a reprieve—most recently (and most famously), twice in the space of a few hours on the night of June 17. What it’s like to live on death row—and to have your life spared when you thought the end had come.

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There Will Be Boone | Our most iconic oil and gas man, now a celebrated windcatter, has saved himself a couple of times in his eighty glorious years. Who’s to say he can’t save America? »
Tony Romo Is the Greatest Cowboys Quarterback Since . . . | Die-hard fans of America’s Team are debating that very question as we speak—and also wondering if the kid from Wisconsin with the buxom distraction can take them to the Super Bowl. »
Katrina, Texas | How my husband, Ferdinand, and I lost everything in the historic hurricane and then found a new life in the Lone Star State. »
Death Letters | Charles Dean Hood describes what it’s been like to live on death row—and to have your life spared when you thought the end had come. »
The Illusionist | Keith Carter is famous for his discriminating and artful eye, having learned long ago that photography can do far more than the simple recording of external fact. »
Behind the Lines—How Green Is My Bayou? | Increasingly so. Surprise, surprise. »
Texas Monthly Talks | Hakeem Olajuwon, hall of famer. »
Let’s Talk About Sex | The birds and the bees and my kids and me. »

Leave It To Weaver | Who better to diagnose John McCain’s woes than the man who used to be his Karl Rove? »
What Are The Odds? | My little gambling problem. »
In the Chute | The Dallas Symphony; The Color Purple; The Nasher at five. »
The Horse’s Mouth | Angela Kinsey on breaking into show biz. »
The Cheap Seats | Guns up! Way up! »
The Working Life | Ben Edwards, small-town family doctor. »
Faith Bases | Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, Dallas. »
The Manual | How to wrangle a rattlesnake. »
Hollywood, Texas | The gay cliché. »
Previews+Reviews: Music | Rodney Crowell, Roky Erikson. »
Previews+Reviews: Books | Bob Schieffer, Curtis Sittenfeld. »
Go | How the West was fun. »
Texquisite Corpse | Chapter Nine of “Twin Wells.” »