All posts by Griffin Smith Jr.
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Why Does Dolph Briscoe Want To Be Governor?
You remember Dolph Briscoe, don't you?
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The Highway Establishment and How it Grew and Grew and Grew
All roads have to go somewhere; but it could be that roads in Texas are going the wrong way.
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The World’s Best Barbecue is in Taylor, Texas. Or is it Lockhart?
A Cityslicker's Guide to the Pits.
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On Assignment: On the Lege
We started out bashing the worst Texas legislators. We ended up critiquing both the best and the worst.
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Secret Places
In the hidden corners of Texas’ outback-in the foresty swamp and shimmering desert-there are a few places that are still primeval.
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Big Wheels and the Silver Spike
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.
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Forgotten Places
Of canyons, creeks, and craters: the Big Bend as few have seen it.
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Little Big Man
Is it worth being a United States senator when you’re on the losing side all the time? Ask John Tower.
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Weirdo Paper Plagues S.A.
In San Antonio, some people feel that no News is good news.
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A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Did you know there’s more difference between Fudgsicles and Popsicles than the taste? The taxman does.