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2002: A Race Odyssey

The next statewide elections are twenty months away, but a pack of would-be candidates—from a Laredo oilman to the mayor of Austin—are already running hard.

Return to The Gay Place

Forty years after it was published, Billy Lee Brammer's novel about LBJ-era Austin is still one of the best ever written about American politics. Yet just as interesting is the story of Brammer himself.

How I Learned to Hate the Media And Love Politics (Well, Sort of)

After twenty years as a reporter who gave politicians a hard time, I decided to run for the Dallas City Council. Now I’m the one getting the hard time—from my fellow pols, who don’t trust me, and my former colleagues in the press, who’ve got me in their sights. And

American Flier

Don Carty's vision for American Airlines takes off.

Mixing Oil and Politics

Is Koch Industries the target of a dirty political attack—or is it just plain dirty?

With stars ranging from Willie Nelson to Tommy Lee Jones, an Austin awards show gets top billing. Plus: The North Texas Irish Festival harps on its success; Houston has a weekend perfect for the kids; El Paso packs the house for the Siglo de Oro; and Dallas' Meadows Museum has

Chris Kraft

Chapter One: "Raised in a Town That No Longer Exists"By any other name, Phoebus was still a tough town. It did have another name, spoken only by the locals with a mixed measure of quiet pride and quieter concern: Little Chicago, because Phoebus sat at the end of the Chicago

Spinach Salad and Pancetta Vinaigrette

1/4 cup minced pancetta (Italian bacon) 1 shallot, minced 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon red-wine vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme 1/3 to 1/2 cup olive oil salt and pepper to taste 6 cups baby spinachIn a saucepan over medium heat,

Lecturer’s Tale

Copyright © 2001 by James Hynes. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address Picador USA, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

Restaurant Guide

Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake

Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake2 pounds cream cheese 1 1/4 cup sugar 4 large eggs 1/4 cup cream 1/4 cup sour cream 1 cup Baileys Irish CreamPreheat oven to 350F.In a standing mixer cream the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, continuously scraping the bowl well. Add the egg a

Outlaw Love

Senior editor Gary Cartwright tells the story behind this month's cover story, "The Whole Shootin' Match."

Where’s Walden

Assistant editor Katy Vine reveals what it was like to live for a week at Walden, an apartment complex in Houston that has the fastest residential Internet connection in the world. (See "Love and War in Cyberspace".)

Love and War in Cyberspace

Brandon and Denise were not like other people. They were smarter, more introverted. They adored computers, playing games online at three in the morning with people in Finland. When they and other hard-core techies moved to Walden, a Houston apartment complex with the fastest residential Internet connection in the world,

The Whole Shootin’ Match

The most famous bank-robbing lovers of all time weren't nearly as glamorous as Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Although the fragile, pretty Bonnie Parker had her good points, Clyde Barrow was a scrawny, two-timing psychopath. They were straight out of a country and western ballad. And when they died in

Premium Issue

Teachers without insurance.

An Affair to Remember

The Perfect Sonya.

The Candidate

Who's the rising star of Midland politics? Oh, brother!

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church goes natural.

King Vidor

What Galveston native filmed the black and white scenes in The Wizard of Oz?

Nicholas Gonzalez

Nicholas Gonzalez lands a knockout role.

Drew Carries On

Sixteen years after a car crash ended his football career, former Cowboys star Drew Pearson is a team player again—in the XFL.

James Hynes

The ivy-covered halls of higher learning are neither hallowed nor hushed in The Lecturer’s Tale, Austinite James Hynes’s wicked satire of high and low professorial ambitions at a fictitiously renowned university in Minnesota. Rather this tale of underachiever Nelson Humboldt—newly cashiered from his lecturer’s position—noisily flays the school’s oddball faculty

Travelocity.com

The Texas stock to buy right now—maybe.

Web Gumshoes

The state attorney general's office takes a bite out of cybercrime.

Will Sexton

Ever since I first saw them perform together at the ages of six and eight, Will Sexton has operated in the shadow of his older, more famous brother, Charlie. That’s a shame, considering that Will’s music has historically stayed closer to their roots; when Charlie was a sixteen-year-old Hollywood teen

David Searcy

Gardening won’t seem like such an innocent pastime after you read this first novel by Dallasite David Searcy, which gives the term “stalking” a nasty new horticultural slant. An elderly Walter Mitty- esque widower, afret over a gopher invasion that has threatened his pride-and-joy roses, orders some exotic flora guaranteed

Hot Doug

Critics praise him. Woody Allen loves him. And no one does a better Truman Capote. Meet Midland's Douglas McGrath, a writer-director who's ready to take center stage with his role in a new movie.

Jeb Loy Nichols

Right away, the tone is set. “Come on over to my yard, sit around and let your troubles all disappear,” beckons Jeb Loy Nichols on the lead track of his new CD. His songs never break a sweat, and their comforts are as inviting as an empty hammock on a

Around the State

From ballet to boot-scootin', Houston offers up a great weekend. Plus: Austin and Dallas put artists on display; Galveston gets fat; San Antonio hits an operatic high note; and the San Antonio CineFestival focuses in on the films of Efrain Gutierrez.

Leslie Satcher

This Paris native’s debut album hopes to have it both ways, and it sometimes succeeds. Like most Nashville-based singers, her voice is largely twang-free, suited for pop as much as country, but it’s undeniably intimate. Producer Luke Wooten provides a typically radio-friendly, drum-heavy sound that would also be the Music

Double Trouble

As Double Trouble, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton have been everything a classic rhythm section should be: tasteful, selfless, and steady. It’s been enough to not only inspire countless Stevie Ray Vaughanabees but also warrant their own album and more than a dozen high-profile admirers to play on

Spoon

What doesn’t kill Spoon makes it stronger. After seven years, an indeterminate number of bassists, and as much luck with the record biz as the Democrats had with Florida, the Austin combo hits the high-water mark with this tense, graceful, spike-pop jewel. Spoon already enjoys an in-the-know following, but Girls

Semi-tough

Navdeep Sooch cashes in on his chips.

Spare the A-Rod

Is A-Rod good for baseball?

Wilted

Why Austin's Garden.com went to seed.

Unnatural Habitat

Noah's Land—an exotic-animal park and petting zoo near Bastrop—is underfinanced, and its staff is overwhelmed. As if that weren't enough, it's also under investigation for possible animal neglect.

Bill Passes

How Bill Ratliff became lieutenant governor—and what it means for Texas.

The Talented Mr. Wittliff

Can a savvy Hollywood dealmaker also be as down-home and unassuming as an old shoe? He can if he's Austin's Bill Wittliff, an award-winning screenwriter, an accomplished photographer, a collector with a passion for the past—in short, the nicest Renaissance man you'll ever meet.

Texas Tidbits

Charro Days on the border.

Texas History 101

The Great Crush Collision.

Happy Trails

Revisiting Lubbock.

Books That Cook

The Best From Helen Corbitt’s Kitchen.

David Searcy

Chapter OneHere’s a horror story for you. An old fellow, a widower about seventy years old, lives alone in an aging tract house in one of those extended tract house neighborhoods that, given twenty or thirty years to mellow, lose none of their bleakness but gain some comfort from the

The Perfect Sonya

Chapter OneThe bear was huge. Reared up on its hind legs, it loomed over her, beyond feet and inches, a dreamlike presence which did not yield to common measure: dark, still, more like the shadow of something larger than she might ever have imagined than a real bear.Pauline held onto

Basketball Diary

This is the ninth and final installment of a series of updates on the Dallas Mavericks season.

Texas History 101

The story behind Frost Bank's rise.

Happy Trails

South Padre in the winter.

Flag Burning and Free Speech: The Case of Texas v. Johnson

Read part of Chapter 1.

The Basketball Diary

Thursday, January 18, 2001After enduring a three-game losing streak—with two of the three coming at home—the Mavs bounced back Wednesday night with a big win at Charlotte. Notching the win took a three-pointer from Howard Eisley, a name we have not heard as much as we expected to this year,