November 2000
Table of Contents
Features
Airport 2000These days, a plane trip can entail more time in the terminal than in the air. But why get stressed when you can have a massage, taste Texas wines, go for a jog, check your e-mail—even eat gumbo while watching (other people's) planes take off? A survivor's guide to DFW, Houston Intercontinental, and five other big-city airports. They Haven't Got a PrayerIn the Gulf Coast town of Santa Fe, high school football games had always kicked off with a prayer, but in June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the practice violated the separation of church and state. Now the issue—which has turned neighbor against neighbor and provoked some decidedly un-Christian behavior— has grown from a local controversy into a national one. Man of LettersForty years after the publication of John Graves's Goodbye to a River, a keepsake volume of correspondence—between the author and J. Frank Dobie, among others— chronicles its journey from an idea for a magazine article to an instant literary classic. |
The SearcherPhotographer Kurt Markus spent years tracking down modern working cowboys for his new book, Cowpuncher. He corralled the genuine article at several Texas spreads. Whodunit? Who Cares?Anne Dingus has a few bones to pick with the modern mystery novel, which she says has been decomposing in recent years. Stepping up to defend the genre: none other than Texas' queen of murder and mayhem, Mary Willis Walker. Judge NotWhen Senators Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison blocked the nomination of El Paso's Enrique Moreno to the powerful Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals they triggered a firestorm of protest fueled by wounded ethnic pride. |
Columns
SportsWest Texas TornadoCedric Benson of the Midland Lee Rebels has a cause: He may just be the greatest running back in Texas 5A history. HealthDigital DocsAustin's VidiMedix has a simple prescription for patients who live miles away from big-city health care: Log on and get well. |
BooksCooper's TownWaco is memorialized in Madison Cooper's Sironia, Texas, the longest novel ever published in the U.S.—and one of the oddest. MusicAlmost FamousFor brothers Charlie and Bruce Robison, making country music safe for men again is an intriguing proposition—and a risky one because of their wives. Food and DrinkJoys in the 'HoodThink cozy neighborhood restaurants are a thing of the past? Here are four places that will serve you well. |
Reporter
Miscellany
Web Exclusives
Strange PeachesRead the first chapter of Edwin "Bud" Shrake's Strange Peaches, this month's Texas Classic. Pray, TellAssociate editor Pamela Colloff tells the story behind November's cover story, "They Haven't Got a Prayer." Airport 2000 Extra: For the RecordWhich Texas airports and airlines have the best on-time records? |
Airport 2000 Extra: SafetyWhich Texas airports have the latest state-of-the-art safety equipment? Must-Read MysteriesSenior editor Anne Dingus lists her ten favorite whodunits. |
Recipes
State FareStephan Pyles’ sweet mascarpone polenta has a corn-ucopia of flavor. |
