Her husband, Fred Baron, helped bankroll John Edwards's presidential campaign, only to die of cancer amid the most sordid political scandal in recent history. But before long, Dallas's newest rainmaker had emerged from the wreckage—with every hair in place.

Is Willie Nelson Santa Claus? We asked him that, and a few other things—like what it's like to get busted and get along with Pat Robertson and Snoop Dogg.

Michael Morton spent 25 years wrongfully imprisoned for the brutal murder of his wife. How did it happen? And who is to blame?

In one year the eyes of the world will turn to Dallas's Dealey Plaza for the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Is the city ready?

The life of Willie Nelson's guitar.

An Eagle Scout wrestles with what’s happened to the organization he loved. 

The only female university chancellor in Texas (and president of the University of Houston) on her quest for Tier One status.

Matt Chandler's youthful take on that old-time religion, at Flower Mound's Village Church.

Did domestic protests end the U.S.-Mexican War?

Bobby Keys and the Rolling Stones: behind one of pop music's most famous solos.

Sure, Rick Perry doesn't want to expand Medicaid. But can he afford not to?

Ever wonder about that fellow in the crosshairs?

The tough road of a cyclist who insisted on racing clean during the era of Lance Armstrong and doping.

Leaving Valentine for the first big trip.

December’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.

For when you need a beautiful shirt that can be removed quickly.

Culinary whiz kid Matt McCallister settles down at the surprising, new FT33.

With three days in Dallas’s historic Oak Cliff, my mantra was “Shop, eat, repeat.”

We hold (the perfection of) this stew to be self-evident.