Griffin Smith Jr.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

You remember Dolph Briscoe, don't you?

Jan 20, 2013 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

All roads have to go somewhere; but it could be that roads in Texas are going the wrong way.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

A Cityslicker's Guide to the Pits.

Feb 1, 1993 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

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

Jul 31, 1983 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

In the hidden corners of Texas’ outback-in the foresty swamp and shimmering desert-there are a few places that are still primeval.

Apr 1, 1983 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

It wasn’t business that drew the state’s top politicians to a Trans-Pecos ranch. Their mission: to mark the centennial of the train that linked Texas to the West.

Apr 1, 1977 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Of canyons, creeks, and craters: the Big Bend as few have seen it.

Jan 1, 1977 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Is it worth being a United States senator when you’­re on the losing side all the time? Ask John Tower.

Nov 1, 1976 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

In San Antonio, some people feel that no News is good news.

Jul 31, 1976 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Did you know there’s more difference between Fudgsicles and Popsicles than the taste? The taxman does.

Jun 30, 1976 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

The great Canadian railway bizarre.

May 31, 1976 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Is one man one vote just another numbers racket?

Apr 30, 1976 — By Paul Burka and Griffin Smith Jr.

Rating the Texas Congressmen from number one to, sigh, number twenty-two.

Dec 1, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

In which our author goes sour on new-fangled cream.

Nov 1, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Why Texans don‘t get the parks they pay for.

Sep 30, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Will there always be a Europe?

Sep 30, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

The perfect European restaurant and some that come close.

Jul 31, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

What Texas once was, so these wilderness areas still remain.

May 31, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Killer bees, acid from the sky, and exploding railroad cars may all be in your future.

May 31, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Mar 31, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

A grain of truth about the high cost of food.

Mar 31, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Pray now, fly later.

Feb 28, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Is the new Congress out to strip the Texas delegation of its power?

Jan 1, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Five states are better than one, when they’re all named Texas.

Jan 1, 1975 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

The war against pornography can get dirty.

Dec 1, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

This is a free country. Isn’t it?

Dec 1, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

The sign that says “Welcome to Selma” may mean more than you think.

Sep 30, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Examining the Supreme Court’s decision on Nixon’s tapes.

Sep 30, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Austin is trading old houses for new offices. The City Council calls it progress.

Jul 31, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Enthusiastic railway passengers maintain that fast is not necessarily the same as best.

Jul 31, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

While you’re waiting at the depot, Amtrak bickers with Washington, railway moguls, and itself.

Jun 30, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Since our wearables often become unbearable, hereís a bold alternative.

Jun 30, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Four seldom visited areas of Texas prove to be proudly beautiful and almost inaccessible.

May 31, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

One Dallas paper clings tightly to tradition while the other, with a new editor, looks for something to cling to of its own.

Jan 31, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

There are some restaurants in Austin that could coax wary gourmets out of their kitchens.

Jan 1, 1974 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

When we write a constitution for the first time in almost 100 years, everyone wants a piece of the pie. In spite of it all, the new draft turned out to be an improvement. Now it's the legislature's turn.

Nov 1, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

A law firm of almost 200 attorneys becomes an institution with massive power and life of its own. Three such firms are in Texas, including two of the four largest in the U.S. We open them, for the first time, to the public.

Aug 31, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

In which Texas comes into the 20th century, barely.

Jun 30, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

At last, two superb Chinese restaraunts in Texas.

May 31, 1973 — By Richard West and Griffin Smith Jr.

Try one of these extended weekend trips. You'll know you've left home.

May 31, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Cute Toot-Toot Amtrak notwithstanding, countless unfulfilled railroad buffs still reside in Texas. For these unsatiated appetites, a genuine “little railroad that could” still makes daily runs in East Texas. The Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad was begun in 1927 as passenger service between the sawmill town of Camden and…

May 31, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

It's not easy these days to find a good wine selection at reasonable prices, but it can be done.

Apr 30, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Comic Relief The 1970’s have Peanuts, the 1860’s had Dickens’ latest novel, but in the 1920’s and ’30’s nothing could quite match the goings-on in Krazy Kat, George Herriman’s celebrated comic strip. Millions of inveterate fans (including President Woodrow Wilson) followed the daily adventures of the noble-minded, simple-minded Kat,…

Apr 1, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Hello, Columbus TWO EGGS. A PATTIE OF HOMEMADE sausage as big as a hamburger. Three large homemade biscuits. Grits. All the butter and jelly you want. Coffee. Add up the bill for that breakfast, if you could even order it, at The Holiday Inn, Nickerson Farms or any of a…

Mar 1, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr.

Revolting Films If you liked Che Guevara, you’ll love the Third World Film Series being shown at the University of Texas in Austin. There is nothing Hollywood about these films, and their technique leaves something to be desired; but if you want to know what filmmakers from the Third World…

Mar 1, 1973 — By Griffin Smith Jr., Dave McNeely and Beverly Lowry

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES PERSONALS—SEVEN-STORY BUILDING ON well-traveled Dallas corner. Within easy walking distance of County Courthouse, John F. Kennedy Memorial, Dealey Plaza. Once used to store books; now empty. Has potential for use as historical museum, or can be torn down and land converted to other use. Need advice…