Call them what you will. We call them the living, breathing spirit of the Western woman. A working definition, you might say.

For team ropers on the All-Girl circuit, the true reward is the happiness of pursuit.

When newspaper entrepreneur William Dean Singleton bought the ailing Dallas Times Herald, people thought he was crazy. When he bought the Houston Post, they were sure of it.

When newspaper entrepreneur William Dean Singleton bought the ailing Dallas Times Herald, people thought he was crazy. When he bought the Houston Post, they were sure of it.

Autumn is the time when true school spirit blooms.

Never mind the million (no lie!) other houses for sale in Texas. If you follow our advice, yours will be the first to sell.

The parents of a confessed killer went to jail rather than testify against their son. Now the murder conviction has been reversed, and the family of the deceased must endure renewed anguish.

Some like it hot; those who eat the national pepper of Texas like it hotter.

Takeovers and green bananas.

Houston discount whiz Elias Zinn sees nothing nutty in his big-bucks bid to take over raving high-tech retailer Crazy Eddie.

An agnostic parent is forced to face one of life’s biggest questions.

Bert Turner of Brady wasn’t mortified to change jobs at 78.

San Antonio put a full-court press on basketball superstar David Robinson in hopes that he wouldn’t forget the Alamo City.

Onward through the fall at SMU; home on the fringe with Rob Paul; good news from the catalog jungle; a taste of Longhorn.

In search of elusive Central Texas: along the Cold Beer trail, inside Killeen’s soldier shops, through the hills of Toy Texas, deep within a nameless cave.

Cisneros in the public eye; cowboys in Washington; school boards all over Texas.

Yankees discover a Texas bumper sticker they like; UT and A&M get tough; Saudi Arabia’s crude tactics; an acid test for Dukakis.