June 2010
Features
The Permian Basin is a place of pump jacks, big sky, generous neighbors, stinging sandstorms, and lonesome highways. For former first lady Laura Bush, it was the scene of an idyllic childhood—and a tragic accident that changed her life forever.
Wichita Falls was about as average a town as you could imagine. Except within the gates of the state hospital.
Searching for the legendary past—and the cosmic future—in my old river city, San Antonio de Béjar.
At the port of entry in El Paso, I always tell the agents, “American,” but what I really want to say is “fronterizo”—I’m from both sides.
In the late sixties, the Capital City was just as thrilling, drug-addled, pompous, and aimless as you’ve heard. Especially if you came from the provinces.
Before he was fighting for the governorship of the second-largest state in the country, Bill White was just a kid from Texas.
They may disagree on just about everything, but Rick Perry and Bill White have one thing in common: a Texas childhood.
Before Rick Perry was fighting for the governorship of the second-largest state in the country, he was just a kid from Paint Creek.
Columns
A fond look back at Temple, a.k.a. Ratsville and/or Tanglefoot, that fair burg wherein your dedicated advice columnist learned the location of the thin line between right and wrong.
