Why Jack Valenti Still Sleeps Soundly
Beneath the phony outer schmaltz of Jack Valenti one finds the real schmaltz of a true believer.
Al Reinert was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He co-wrote the screenplays for the Ron Howard film Apollo 13 and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but is best known for directing and producing For All Mankind, an award-winning documentary about NASA’s Apollo program.
Articles by Al Reinert
Bob and George Go to Washington or The Post-Watergate Scramble
The GOP and Democratic chairmen are both from Texas. Right there the similarity ends, or begins, no, ends.
Briar Patch
TEXAS ON THE POTOMAC THE TOSTADAS WERE (LET’S BE honest now) kind of stale, and the chile con queso was soggy, but, well what the hell, it sure was good to find some real Tex-Mex food. Purists could grumble if they wanted to and point out that the frijoles…
Briar Patch
RETURN OF THE OLD PUCKER THE ASTRODOME HAS REALLY OUTDONE itself. They had the help, though, of Hollywood press agentry and one of the bigger mouths in professional sports, so the Dome can’t take all the credit. Irregardless of culpability, it was an impressive show, that King-Riggs tennis match, and…
Closing Down La Grange
An Aggie views the closing of the Chicken Ranch. George Washington didn't sleep there, but many famous and unfamous Texans did.
Inside the World Series of Poker
Big-time poker players don't worry about luck; they don't need it.
The Best Private Eye In Texas
High-speed chases, murder investigations, and window-peeping are all in a day's work.
The Big Thicket Tangle
Take 3 million acres, add politicians, lumber companies and Time, Inc., and what have you got? A very small park, or no park at all.
The Big Thicket Tangle
Take 3 million acres, add politicians, lumber companies and Time, Inc., and what have you got? A very small park, or no park at all.
