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Celebrating Denton Cooley and Old Houston
How the 50th anniversary party for the Texas Heart Institute was really a glimpse into the Houston that once was.
October 1, 2012 | by Mimi Swartz | Web Exclusive
Boy’s Life
They may disagree on just about everything, but Rick Perry and Bill White have one thing in common: a Texas childhood.
June 1, 2010 | by Mimi Swartz , Jake Silverstein | Feature
Midnight in the Garden of Memory
My San Antonio was an overgrown small town, socially stratified and inbred, controlled by a handful of old, wealthy families.
December 1, 2005 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
The Gangstas of Godwin Park
Whatever else you can say about it, the life and death of Bellaire High School junior Jonathan Finkelman is a tragic tale of drugs, money, race, and MySpace.
June 1, 2006 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
Love and Hate at Texas A&M
A report from the front lines in the battle of the sexes—inside the Aggie corps.
February 1, 1992 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
Till Death Do Us Part
The marriage of Baylor College of Medicine and Methodist Hospital should have been made in heaven—and until recently, it was. Their nasty breakup is a bell tolling for American medicine.
March 1, 2005 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
The Grand Gesture
Why Texans stand out in crowds.
March 1, 2009 | by Mimi Swartz | Behind the Lines
"I Had a Great Future Behind Me"
So says my friend Jost Lunstroth, one of thousands of formerly successful Texans for whom unemployment is more than a statistic.
February 1, 2004 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
Them's Fightin' Words!
All over the world, and all over this country, the Texas stereotype is mocked and maligned (so what else is new?). Does it matter, really, if everyone thinks we're fat, violent, prudish yahoos?
July 1, 2004 | by Mimi Swartz | Feature
I Don’t Like Ike
Here comes the story of the hurricane.
November 1, 2008 | by Mimi Swartz | Behind the Lines

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