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The Vaquero’s Gun

Vouch Safe

At Galveston’s Mardi Gras Parade

Big Bend Made Easy

It may be more than 800,000 acres, but you can easily cut Big Bend down to size. Here’s how.

Sam the Man

His wives! His lives! A bountiful birthday guide to Sam Houston, Texas’ ultimate hero.

Tom Who?

Jimmy Johnson said he’d see us in the Super Bowl, and he was right. Now he is a hero, and his critics are eating crow.

Indian Takers

All across Texas, vandals are searching for ancient treasures by looting Indian campgrounds—including the one on my family’s ranch.

About Face

He waffled about the Senate seat, then sought safe harbor in Bill Clinton’s cabinet. Why did Henry Cisneros choose HUD over headlines? Only he knows for sure.

Hair Piece

No Airhead

NASA scientists ignored amateur Forrest Mims—until he proved them wrong.

Novel Twist

A big new Dallas bookstore with amenities is a hit with the reading public.

Race Wrangling

Will public housing in East Texas be integrated? Not if the Klan has its way.

Naked Truth

Twice a week I strip for strange men in a topless bar. I worry about just two things: weirdos and what my mother thinks.

Running Rabid

Five years ago, rabies was rare in South Texas. Now nearly three hundred animals have died and the epidemic is not abating.

Low Steaks

How a cut of meat from the wrong side of the street rose to culinary stardom, plus a guide to Texas’ most authentic fajitas.

Worn Free

Top-flight wear (from hat to shoes) for rugged adventures on the Texas terrain.

Pooped Parties

Some Things Never Change: Seeing Green

Long before environmentalism was in vogue, attorney Ned Fritz was fighting to keep Texas pristine.

Focus: Roe Redux

A look back at Roe v. Wade on its twentieth anniversary—and at the key players in Texas who made it happen.

On Assignment: Welfare Foul

A few weeks with the Polk family showed me how the welfare system made things better—and worse.

Scrapbook

Profligate prisons, prime Padre, proud photographs, controversial choice, and halfway health care.

Profile: Voice of Reason

The mission of Houston minister Bill Lawson extends far beyond his church—and isn’t just about race.

Essay: Gone to Texas

Sharpstown used to be an affluent suburb. Today it’s where the world has come to live.

Some Things Never Change: A Cut Above

Eating a hunk of beef at Brenner’s is not as politically correct as it used to be. But that doesn’t stop me.

Focus: Old Faithful

In Texas, spirituality ebbs and flows, but fundamentalism remains a dominant force.

On Assignment: Parent Rap

Writing about my children was more than a job—it was an adventure.

Scrapbook

Cap wearing, Urban Cowboy watching, football playing, Claytie selling, town creating, and tree tainting.

Profile: Baytown Blues

The Baytown of my youth was a thriving refinery town. Today it’s a city struggling to reinvent itself.

Essay: Myth-O-Maniacs

Twenty years ago, we were two-steppers. Now we’re twelve-steppers, thanks to a set of self-help gurus.

Some Things Never Change: Sleazy Riders

From the Lip to the Gibber, Texas pols have always been ethical. They’ve just been creative about it.

Focus: Schmooze Cast

When Leadership Texas began, there were no role models for women. Now its members are the role models.

On Assignment: On the Lege

We started out bashing the worst Texas legislators. We ended up critiquing both the best and the worst.

Scrapbook

Reading Bush, spinning Baker, regarding Henry, investigating Ross, explaining Ann, and toasting LBJ.

Profile: Senator Spite

Phil Gramm’s unrelenting partisanship has changed Texas politics, but it may cost him the presidency.

Essay: Last of the Line

When Lloyd Bentsen joined the Clinton cabinet, Texas lost not only its senior senator but a link to its political past.

Focus: Local Color

With the suddenness of a revolution, Texas changed from a cultural colony to a hot spot for homegrown artists.

On Assignment: Picture This

The Standard Oil Collection captured details of everyday life in the forties and, in 1981, helped us to understand modern Texas.

Scrapbook

Remembering the Alamo, Candy Barr, J. Frank Dobie, and Farrah. Forgetting James Michener’s Texas.

Return of the Native Son

For years he renounced his Texas ties. Now Larry McMurty is once again calling Archer City home.

Essay: Remembrance of Things Primitive

Some Things Never Change: Power Hungry

In Texas, lunch is for gossip and dinner is for dates. Breakfast, however, is for wheeling and dealing.

Focus: Withdrawn

In the heady days of banking, Texans ran the state’s biggest, most profitable institutions. Not anymore.

On Assignment: Prime Pickens

Up close and extremely personal with Boone Pickens, the takeover titan who changed Texas business.

Scrapbook

Temple of doom, Spence for hire,, deals that won’t Hunt, Blount analysis, and the King of the ranch.

Profile: Food Fight

Last summer, restaurateurs Shannon Wynne and Gene Street bragged about their new partnership, but now they’re eating their words.

Essay: A Wild Ride

Once, you needed the price of oil to predict our ever-changing economic future. Now you need the want ads, the stock tables, and a whole lot more.

Great Days

Twenty and counting.

Authors

About our contributors.

Greetings From Dogpatch

Bill Clinton’s Arkansas isn’t the backwater you might think.

Cole Day in Hell