Politics & Policy
February 18, 2021
Steve and Ted’s Excellent Adventures
Austin’s mayor, Steve Adler, and the state’s junior senator, Ted Cruz, are the latest Texas politicians to take ill-considered vacations.
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Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Fix the Roof
A case for the parks.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Devil and Bob Bullock
Whatever else you could say about him, he was who he was. He enjoyed a drink or three in daylight hours and had a tendency to grope first and ask questions later. But he was as revered as any pol before or since.
Feature
January 20, 2013
Wyatt’s World
Thirty years after he took his first photograph for us—of charming kook Stanley Marsh 3—contributing photographer Wyatt McSpadden looks back on his extraordinary career and tells the stories behind some of our favorite images.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Death and Texas
After its recent facelift, the state cemetery has Texas luminaries just dying to get in.
Politics & Policy
June 6, 2012
The office that Bullock made
There has been a lot of criticism, much of it justified, directed at Comptroller Susan Combs, and some observers would say that it is too much for her to move up to higher office.What her critics may not realize, however, is that the comptroller’s office has become something of an
Politics & Policy
August 15, 2011
Is the Trans-Texas Corridor the next Perry flip-flop?
He had already reversed himself on his statement that it was fine with him if New York chose to allow gay marriage; it was a matter of states’ rights. Now he is reversing himself on his HPV edict of 2007. A couple of things to remember about that episode: One
Politics & Policy
February 8, 2010
At the Palin-Perry rally
I drove to Houston for the rally yesterday. The event was held at a huge complex called the Richard E. Berry Educational Support center on Barker-Cypress Road in northwest Houston. The surrounding area is entirely outside the Houston city limits and is unincorporated. A colleague at Texas Monthly who lives
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2001
Numbers Game
Inside the election's numbers.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1999
The Dominator
Remembering the real Bob Bullock.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1998
Less Is Mauro
Barring a miracle, Garry Mauro will lose to George W. Bush in this November’s gubernatorial election. So why is he acting like a winner?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1998
Who killed the Texas Democratic party?
AT LEAST DAN MORALES knew that the mere proclamation he was going to have a press conference was not likely to stop the world in its tracks. The night before and all that morning, some supporters, as well as the attorney general himself, were busy calling around to say that
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1997
Out of Control
Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock’s immense power over the Texas Senate has vanished almost overnight. The Republican majority, which everyone said wouldn’t make any difference in how the Senate functions, made a difference after all. When Florence Shapiro of Plano successfully challenged Buster Brown of Lake Jackson, a Bullock ally,
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1997
The Honeymoon Is Over
In the last legislative session, George W. Bush’s moderate program won over Bob Bullock, Pete Laney, and other top Democrats. But this time, Bush’s agenda is more partisan, and Republicans are measuring his presidential potential—so Texas politics is going to get ugly.
Politics & Policy
September 1, 1994
Bob Bullock
The real governor of Texas.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1983
Mark White’s Coming-Out Party
The new governor’s first hundred days were great theater, but now come taxes.