Being Texan
January 30, 2019
Dance Halls, Dive Bars, and More: The Good-Time Gathering Places of Texas
Appreciations by current and former staffers who know them all too well.
19 Articles
Feature
January 20, 2013
Who’s Number One in the Permian Basin?
Midland and Odessa are only seventeen miles apart, and that’s too close for comfort.
Arts & Entertainment
January 20, 2013
The Only Game in Town
The world’s best Domino player reveals his biggest secret — his identity.
Feature
April 30, 2001
The Book on Willie Morris
The former editor of the Daily Texan and the Texas Observer was a good ol’ boy, a haunted soul, and my greathearted friend. A remembrance.
Web Exclusive
April 30, 2001
My Friend Willie
Larry L. King tells what he liked most about Willie Morris, what kind of editor he was to work for, and the one word he would use to describe him.
Film & TV
June 30, 1991
Texas Movies: Hollywood, TX
How Hollywood sees us—and how Hollywood got us wrong.
Texas History
November 1, 1990
Vanishing Texas
Searching for tourist courts, fillin’ stations, and other relics of a Texas that is no more.
Lovers
February 1, 1988
Stomp On My Heart Again
Cheatin’ may be a sin, but there’s ain’t no sin in singin’ about it.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1987
Cowboys and Iranians
What do Odessa beer joints and the Iran-contra hearings have in common? Everything.
Sports
January 1, 1986
Friday Night Ringers
Why do the towns that have oil also have the best football players?
Style & Design
January 1, 1986
Lone Star Shtick
Part of it was my fault. But I insist on sharing the blame with Tommy Tune, Judi Buie, Dan Jenkins, Mort Cooperman, Dandy Don Meredith, New York Daily News gossip columnist Liz Smith, a terrible—and now mercifully defunct—restaurant called the Dallas Cowboy, numerous Texas-based kicker-pickers like Willie Nelson, Jerry
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1976
Body Politics
Why you shouldn’t lose any sleep over your congressman’s nocturnal habits.
Music
July 31, 1976
The Passions of the Common Man
That’s what country music is, and that’s why it plays in Peoria.
Libations
March 1, 1976
The Beer Joint
A long overdue homage to a cornerstone of Texas culture.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1976
Bringing Up Lyndon
First the boy made the man—then the man re-made the boy.
Sports
December 1, 1975
The Best Sportswriter in Texas
Hint: his initials are B.S.
Sports
August 31, 1974
Coming of Age in the Locker Room
What football does to its people.
Being Texan
July 31, 1974
Redneck!
Being a Redneck is a lot of things, but it ain’t fun and it ain’t easy.
Film & TV
February 28, 1974
Leavin’ McMurtry
Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.