Deer hunting in Texas is a passion, and meat for the freezer is far from the only motive.

Deer hunting in Texas is a passion, and meat for the freezer is far from the only motive.

Governor Bill Clements lassoed James Michener to write a tome about Texas. It’s due out in a couple of years. But that’s too long to wait, so we decided to write a version of our own.

This clunky piece of machinery made Howard Hughes very rich. It is the first in our series of things that every Texan should know.

If you leave your child at a day care center, you are hardly unique. If you know what your child does there all day, you are indeed unique.

If you leave your child at a day care center, you are hardly unique. If you know what your child does there all day, you are indeed unique.

A winning design for the Burnet Civic Center shows why regionalist architecture is still going strong in rural Texas.

A winning design for the Burnet Civic Center shows why regionalist architecture is still going strong in rural Texas.

Out on the outskirts of town.

Evangelist Kenneth Copeland has good news: the faithful don’t have to wait for heaven to reap their reward. An Eastern Orthodox congregation in Austin is strict about performance of the liturgy but lax about getting to the church on time.

Evangelist Kenneth Copeland has good news: the faithful don’t have to wait for heaven to reap their reward. An Eastern Orthodox congregation in Austin is strict about performance of the liturgy but lax about getting to the church on time.

In Pennies From Heaven Steve Martin gets serious, which is too bad--until he jumps into his dazzling dance numbers, which are too good to be true. Four Friends is about pals, and it palls. In Sharky’s Machine Burt Reynolds tries to mix gore with mush. Rollover defaults.

Big Oil no longer holds political sway in Washington, and wildcatters are celebrating a new Texas independents’ day.

Big Oil no longer holds political sway in Washington, and wildcatters are celebrating a new Texas independents’ day.

All the carefree young bachelor wanted was a few pieces of Tupperware. He never dreamed of what he’d have to go through to get it.

A lawyer takes aim at handgun makers; Texas journalism gets hugh on society; politicians see red over fire ants; Dallas tries to master its aversion to master plans.

Over the river and through the swamp.

Over the river and through the swamp.

Selling the streets of Laredo; the next big oil play; the bar breaks up over a Supreme Court race; it’s true what they say about office Christmas parties.

Selling the streets of Laredo; the next big oil play; the bar breaks up over a Supreme Court race; it’s true what they say about office Christmas parties.