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Is Texas big enough for two beavers?
Dan Solomon writes about politics, music, food, sports, criminal justice, health care, film, and business. Dan started working with Texas Monthly as a freelancer in 2013 before becoming a staff writer, covering topics from the Baylor sexual assault scandal to the gentrification of Austin barbecue to the legacy of Texas outsider artist Daniel Johnston. His reporting has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, Fast Company, Billboard, and Deadspin.
Is Texas big enough for two beavers?
By Dan Solomon
For a new phenomenon, the exclusively-light-skinned faces on Emoji sure look they were created in a different era.
By Dan Solomon
Vargas visited the Rio Grande Valley last week to learn about the border crisis—then realized he might not be able to leave.
By Dan Solomon
Looks legit to us.
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After Facebook removed a number of Kendall Jones's photos of herself posing with animals that she hunted, she responded by posting photos of herself with some living, breathing, adorable little critters.
By Dan Solomon
Both cities would love to be the home of what will be one of the larger new factories in the U.S.
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The long-suffering wide receiver wants the chance to earn a championship while he can still play at a high level—and he's not sure that opportunity will come in Houston.
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The El Paso indie rockers bring their ringing guitars to a room stuffed with balloons.
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Cosmo reporter Jill Filipovic came to Texas to ask people about abortion, found that some people were uncomfortable talking with a stranger about their private medical and sexual history, and declared that we had "created a culture of shame and silence."
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Is there anything she can't do?
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Lance Armstrong may hold as many Tour De France titles as everyone reading this right now, but people with cancer still find the guy inspiring.
By Dan Solomon
The unlikely cultural hit out of Austin is taking its show to the web.
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Things are tough all over—but they're especially tough in College Station and Laredo.
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Probably not rats, though, if this guy is around.
By Dan Solomon
Kendall Jones is a Texas Tech cheerleader who became the flashpoint of Internet controversy this week for posting numerous pictures of herself with felled African creatures. Is the controversy fair?
By Dan Solomon
After losing out on another Olympics bid, it's time for a little bit of soul-searching in Big D.
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Click, click, click.
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Who's that? Just kidding.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer celebrates ten years at the Lucky Lounge tonight in Austin.
By Dan Solomon
In a major announcement today, that the Genesis singer/drummer revealed a bit of su-su-super news that his massive collection of Alamo memorabilia is coming home.
By Dan Solomon
The shooting of Mary Kristene Chapa and Molle Judith Olgin shook the Corpus-area community of Portland, TX in 2012. After two years, suspects have finally been arrested.
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Sock it to him!
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Riding rollercoasters all day long with just 7,000 of his closest friends.
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Well, he's a Spur for life, but reports are that he'll exercise the final year option on his contract and be a uniform-wearing, on-court, potential-championship-winning member for the 2015 season.
By Dan Solomon
The impressive utility of duct tape has long been remarked upon, but please don't experiment with new uses on young children.
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Or maybe Cedar Park, or Round Rock—there are still a few TBD's for the just-announced team.
By Dan Solomon
The convenience store is testing a new Doritos breaded cheese thing in Dallas before launching the product nationwide on July 2.
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Oops?
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The city's controversial bike helmet law now only applies to minors. What does that mean for enforcement?
By Dan Solomon
World Cup fever is spreading!
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Spoiler alert: It's gross.
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Spurs!
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The Texas troubadour pays tribute to Jackson Browne with a soulful take on one of Browne's biggest hits.
By Dan Solomon
One of the weirder glass ceilings gets shattered in Victoria.
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Not that it wasn't a busy spring, winter, and fall before that. The guy pretty much works all the time.
By Dan Solomon
Police shootings rarely result in indictments, and even more rarely see the officers involved convicted of felonies, which makes this incident in Conroe an outlier.
By Dan Solomon
On the list of sunscreen-related dangers, that's probably not the biggest worry most people have.
By Dan Solomon
That's at 47 colleges, 4 NFL teams, and 2 high schools, according to some exhaustive reporting from ESPN. What, no CFL?
By Dan Solomon
We'll never know who Farrah truly loved, but everybody has agreed that the painting belongs to Ryan O'Neal.
By Dan Solomon
Can you think of a better way to spend your Monday?
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The diving play of his life from Devon Conley preserved a 7th inning lead and, ultimately, a trip to Omaha.
By Dan Solomon
ESPN thinks the time is right for a developmental league for the NFL, and any list of prospective homes for that league's teams would have to include the Alamo City.
By Dan Solomon
Just one?
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America loves the Spurs these days, but so do the offshore bookies that put their money where their love is.
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Sixty espresso shots, chocolate and white chocolate syrup, protein powder, whipped cream, caramel and hazelnut drizzles, and nut and cookie toppings. And did we mention he got it for free?
By Dan Solomon
Mother! Tell your children to enjoy our local bars and restaurants!
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Petty, childish, and oh-so-satisfying.
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In a strongly-worded letter, the nation's premiere gun-rights organization called out the activities of Open Carry groups in Texas.
By Dan Solomon
Print media beefs are a dying art, so cherish this one while it lasts.
By Dan Solomon
The story of the man who was turned to steel in the great magnetic wheel with big, meaty guitar riffs, thumping drums and—a funky horn section?
By Dan Solomon