If she’s your brother’s mother’s other female child, who is she?

And Prairie View A&M will ship you out of the ghetto straight into the middle class.

And Prairie View A&M will ship you out of the ghetto straight into the middle class.

Oil is a slippery business.

Oil is a slippery business.

In frontier Texas, guns helped bring civilization out of chaos; today they’re creating chaos out of civilization.

In frontier Texas, guns helped bring civilization out of chaos; today they’re creating chaos out of civilization.

Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.

Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.

Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.

Look, but don’t touch-three museums with glittering antiques from Pompeii, India, and Peru.

Barthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands.

Barthelme is a humane writer, but in Great Days he erased al his humans. Also, a look at two novels of the Texas hinterlands.

A farewell to celebrities and to arms.

A farewell to celebrities and to arms.

Forget the church, forget the steeple, turn on the tube to see all the people.

Trees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice.

Trees came crashing down, power lines writhed on the ground, the lights went out, and the heat went off. It was Dallas’ trial by ice.

Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.

Austin and Corpus Christi like their symphony orchestras just fine, thank you. Texas Opera Theater tries to break the language barrier.

The breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better.

The breads that won the West aren’t getting older, they’re getting better.

Houston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can.

Houston guitarist Rocky Hill is a rising star; catch him if you can.

Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.

Dallas Theater Center welcomes Nazis to its stage. Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars turns Dickens into a funky musical.

The best thing about a trip to Florida is coming back to Padre Island.

A Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed.

A Texas train on the right track; Houston annexations derailed.

A few trusted friends.

A few trusted friends.

The name’s the game.

Something old, something new, something barred, something true.

Something old, something new, something barred, something true.

Why doctors don’t like nurses anymore; where is the tax revolt?

The birds and the knees.

The birds and the knees.