Hero Worship
Cyriz is dueling industry-gian Intel in a showdown for the fastest computers in the West.
Houston’s gonzo TV reporter Wayne Dolcefino is the best show in town.
Kids shouldn’t be allowed to ride in the back of pickups. Soon—thanks to Lubbock’s Karen Slay-they won’t.
There ought to be a law against the Texas bar exam. It’s irrelevant, illogical and just plain nutty.
Without constant care, victims of an obscure genetic disorder would eat themselves to death.
The office of governor is constitutionally weak, but don’t tell that to George. W. Bush.
He’s part Susan Powter, part David Letterman, part Dagwood Bumstead—and more.
An Austin City Limits scrapbook.
In heavyweight boxing—and in the glare of media lights—it helps to be larger than life. Ask George Foreman, 1994’s comeback kid.
A final farewell to the Hill Country spread that for more than thirty years meant everything to me and my family.
The rookie Cowboys coach has turned out to be exactly what all the critics said he wasn’t: a winner.
Gambling became a way of life for young Josh Levine. When he got in too deep, he came to believe that only a holdup could get him out.
Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose.
Music and dance define Veracruz, the city with the stongest coffee and the freshest seafood in Mexico.
Dorsett 221 near Buda is the place where a driver is always king of the castle.
A Dallas animation team creates caroons that would make even Beavis and Butt-head blush.
The new Ways and Means chairman, Bill Archer, takes aim at the federal budget.
Jailed right-wing Dallas radio host Tom Donahue protests he’s a political prisoner. The IRS says he’s a crook.
Bugs Henderson doesn’t lhave an “act” — he’s simply one of the best blues guitarists around.
As a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art.
A year of amorous angels, bra buzzers, camouflaged Claytie, denied Davidians, escaped evangelists, faulty flags, gainful gangs, hefty hypnosis, inmate inedibles, jumbo jock-straps, kaput killdeers, lunching Lassie, mercurial mushrooms, nabbed ninjas, overhyped O.J., pumpkin purloiners, questionable quizzes, rap ruffians, sexy sprinters, tack taxis, unappreciated universities, videotaped villains, wayward Willie, X-sposing
High-tech meets down-home in Texas’ latest ranching trend: a video auction of emus, elk, and other exotic animals.