Business
May 31, 1988
Killer Whale Hooks City!
San Antonio is shameless over Shamu and Sea World.
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Behind the Lines
May 31, 1988
Behind the Lines
A separate peace.
Books
May 31, 1988
Character Flaw
A tour of the Texas psyche, with guides like Sam Houston, Katherine Anne Porter, and John Henry Faulk; a novel of adolescence addresses carnal knowledge and fundamentalist religion.
Art
May 31, 1988
Unplanned Obsolescence
In a Houston retrospective, the art of Julian Schnabel appears to be aging prematurely.
Texas History
May 1, 1988
Texas Primer: Texas Guinan
She started out as a wide-eyed Waco cowgirl and ended up a New York speakeasy queen.
Style & Design
May 1, 1988
Don’t Even Ask!
Why is it that your favorite item in every antique store is bound to be the one thing that money can’t buy?
News & Politics
May 1, 1988
Earth, Rain, Wind, Fire
A wet year followed by a dry one made for one hellacious brush with disaster in the ranchlands of West Texas.
Energy
May 1, 1988
It Stinks
Times are rotten for refineries.
Energy
May 1, 1988
No Wonderland
Once an oil-field service boomtown, Alice doesn’t live well anymore.
Energy
May 1, 1988
The Wait for Deliverance
Despite all the mewling from the oil patch, there are still ways to make money at $15 a barrel. Here’s our guide to surviving the terrible teens.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1988
Learning to Love the Bomb
Can a Texas publisher of technical books make a difference in the nuclear powers’ arms race? You bet.
Film & TV
April 30, 1988
Border Bandstand
Tex-Mex variety is the new spice of TV life, and Brownsville’s Johnny Canales Show has the red-hot ratings to prove it.
State Secrets
April 30, 1988
State Secrets
The hated mesquite tree finds a friend in South Texas; UT-San Antonio freshman got no learning of reading and writing; the sun shines on UT’s new basket ball coach; why banks are afraid to branch.
Roar of the Crowd
April 30, 1988
Roar of the Crowd
Going broke; seeking justice; hearing from the Bush league; reviewing the force.
Critters
April 30, 1988
Funky Chickens
The prairie chickens in Texas’ vanishing grasslands are booming and boyish.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1988
Just Add Water
The issues in El Paso’s colonias are watery and grave.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1988
Fallen Idyll
Profligate and polarized, Austin attempts to salvage its future by looking into the past for its next mayor.
Health
April 30, 1988
Dying for a Heart
For Ted Segal of Waco, the problem wasn’t getting a heart transplant; it was finding a donor. The delay was killing him.
Education
April 30, 1988
Paying the Price
When Decherd Turner took over the Humanities Research Center, UT’s big-budget rare-books library, he knew any changes he made would cost him. They did.
Behind the Lines
April 30, 1988
Behind the Lines
Travis or Tejano?
Being Texan
April 1, 1988
Miles and Miles of Texas
The assignment was the chance of a lifetime to see the whole state, once and for all. At times pure pleasure and at times a feat of will, it was always and foremost a writer’s dream come true.
Business
April 1, 1988
Food Feud
For years Jamail’s was the queen of Houston grocery stores. Now the Jamail family is at odds, and two rival chains are getting ready for a major food fight.
Business
April 1, 1988
What Does H.E.B. Stand For, Anyway?
As the president of Texas’ largest private grocery chain, Charles Butt learned that in order to be nice to his customers he had to be tough on his competitors. And vice versa.
Business
April 1, 1988
Wonder Plane
Up in the sky, it’s a plane, it’s a helicopter—no, it’s a tiltrotor, the Texas hybrid that will soon revolutionize air travel.
Television
April 1, 1988
Juarez and Peace
When the network canceled the Hispanic cop show Juarez before anyone had a chance to see it, all of El Paso was up in arms. Peace, El Paso, peace.
State Secrets
April 1, 1988
State Secrets
You’ll never gas what the Sierra Club is up to now; impossible but true; the Austin American-Statesman descends to a new low; Jesse Jones may have a solution for Texas’ economic problems.
Roar of the Crowd
April 1, 1988
Roar of the Crowd
Celebrating the extraordinariness of ordinary lives.
Reporter
April 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Downtown San Antonio get a makeover; two for T-shirts; a spine-tingling story of a racehorse; the real winners at the Miss U.S.A. pageant; the Brownies go to marketing.
Texas History
April 1, 1988
Texas Primer: The Bowie Knife
Whether a frontiersman needed to skin a bear, chop wood, or fight in a due, Jim Bowie’s weapon was the tool of choice.
Lifestyle
April 1, 1988
Best Enemies
Dallas lawyers Arlen Bynum and John Collins are personal friends and profession foes. They get a kick out of both roles.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1988
The Night Lyndon Quit
For twenty years, the story behind President Johnson’s withdrawal has remained a mystery. Now, on the anniversary of his decision, his former secretary reveals the drama of LBJ’s biggest surprise.
Film & TV
April 1, 1988
Is J.R. Shot?
The tenth anniversary of the most popular nighttime series begs the question. How long can the Ewing’s doings hold are attention?
Business
April 1, 1988
Eat Crow
Megadeveloper Trammel Crow bought farmland in Louisiana, but can his company’s big-city savvy make it pay?
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1988
Behind the Lines
Conover Hunt and the Sixth Floor Museum.
Texas History
March 1, 1988
Texas in the Blood!
Descendants of famous Texans like Sam Houston and Davy Crockett don’t even try to fill their forefathers’ shoes. They just do their best to keep them polished.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1988
Should This Man Be President?
For all his integrity and noble intentions, George Bush has yet to prove he’s got the agenda of a true statesman.
Critters
March 1, 1988
Who Can Stop the Killer Bees?
Experts predict the first swarms could cross the border next year. What happens then to Texas’ multimillion-dollar honey industry is anybody’s guess.
Business
March 1, 1988
Lifestyles of the Rich and Bankrupt
Going broke is for poor people. Here’s a whole chapter of Texans who have found ways to clear the books without losing their ranches, Rolls, or Rolexes.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1988
Paradise Mañana
If the brand-spanking new Mexican beach resort of Huatulco is what you’ve been waiting for, then keep waiting.
State Secrets
March 1, 1988
State Secrets
Bubba beats the new truck safety standards; O’Neill loses at Baylor—again; Bush’s loss is Gramm’s gain; Clements stays tough on spending.
Roar of the Crowd
March 1, 1988
Roar of the Crowd
Perceptions of power; battling counselors; bum raps; good and evil and the church.
Reporter
March 1, 1988
Texas Monthly Reporter
Grazing cheap and chic in Houston, Austin, and Dallas; tire-kicking at the Fizzlick liquidation boutique; returning a piece of Janis’ heart to Port Arthur.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1988
Disorder in the Court
An eleventh-hour filing by two candidates for the state Supreme Court has kicked off a season of judicial campaigning unprecedented in Texas history.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1988
The National Tour of Texas
A glowing beacon near Haynesville; broomweed royalties in Foard County; Archer City’s decorated dump; curative waters and a grand hotel in Mineral Wells; faux Alamo in Farmersville.
Energy
March 1, 1988
The Man Who Crushed Texaco
Judges take his money. Juries buy his bull. And when clients like Pennzoil need a tiger in their tank, they hire Joe Jamail.
Behind the Lines
March 1, 1988
Behind the Lines
White cop, black man.
Books
March 1, 1988
The Soft Sell
Once, the term “paperback original” was reserved for second-rate work. Now, thanks to an innovative editor, two Texas novelists are proud to see their books in softcover.
Architecture
March 1, 1988
Pleasant Under Glass
The exuberant crystal towers above San Antonio’s botanical conservatory have captures everyone’s attention. Inside, it’s even better.
You and Us
February 1, 1988
You and Us
In 1973, from an office we shared with a colony of bats, we started a magazine about Texas.
Then and Now
February 1, 1988
Then and Now
1973 to 1988. How we got from there to here.