Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.

Praise the Lord for gentle creatures and pass the ammunition.

Inside the cushy private boxes at Texas’ top sports stadiums, far from the madding crowd.

Christmas gofts for those who have everything: service: service with a smile.

The pioneers who came to tame the West met their match in the land of Giant.

Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.

Move over Harold Robbons: religious books sell big.

John Connally proves that business makes for strange bedfellows.

Will a vegetarian starve in France?

What happened when Big Oil and Big Government fought it out over the superport?

Pugh’s color changing; governor’s race heating up; beating a dope rap; posing nude in Dallas; and TV news going to extremes.

The case of the missing ear; a musical World Series with plenty of winners; and a big book with a small chance for success.

Homily grits.

Readers choose up sides on issues of Houston cops, gas derregulation and raising kids.

Some spicy meat rolls, a three-cornered hat, and a little pillow talk.