Griffin Smith, Jr

Stories

Off with Their Heads

Is the new Congress out to strip the Texas delegation of its power?

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Mar 1975
The Naked and the D.A.

The war against pornography can get dirty.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jan 1975
Visit Beautiful Austin (Quick)

Austin is trading old houses for new offices. The City Council calls it progress.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Oct 1974
Bursting the Bubble

Examining the Supreme Court’s decision on Nixon’s tapes.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Oct 1974
Deadline in Dallas

One Dallas paper clings tightly to tradition while the other, with a new editor, looks for something to cling to of its own.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jun 1974
The Highway Establishment and How it Grew and Grew and Grew

All roads have to go somewhere; but it could be that roads in Texas are going the wrong way.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Apr 1974
The Best Food In Austin

There are some restaurants in Austin that could coax wary gourmets out of their kitchens.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Feb 1974
We the People...

When we write a constitution for the first time in almost 100 years, everyone wants a piece of the pie. In spite of it all, the new draft turned out to be an improvement. Now it's the legislature's turn.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jan 1974
How the New Drug Law Was Made

In which Texas comes into the 20th century, barely.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Sep 1973
Pass the Chop Sticks, Por Favor

At last, two superb Chinese restaraunts in Texas.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jul 1973
The Best Texas Wine Stores

It's not easy these days to find a good wine selection at reasonable prices, but it can be done.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jun 1973
Touts
By Griffin Smith, Jr
Jun 1973
Scene Change, Please

Try one of these extended weekend trips. You'll know you've left home.

By Richard West, Griffin Smith, Jr
Jun 1973
Touts
By Griffin Smith, Jr
May 1973
The World's Best Barbecue is in Taylor, Texas. Or is it Lockhart?

A Cityslicker's Guide to the Pits.

By Griffin Smith, Jr
Apr 1973

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