Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 7: Louie Gohmert
The East Texas congressman takes seventh place for his wack-job debut as an infographic creator.
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Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 1: Dan Patrick
Our lieutenant governor, for his eagerness to squander his power, waste our time, and drag Texas politics into the bathroom, is our Bum Steer of the Year.
Bum Steer Awards 2018: The Rest of the List
The eight infamous Steers celebrated elsewhere in this package had a lot of company this year in our hall of shame. Here are another fifty or so Texans deserving of some ignominy.
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 4: The Texas Democratic Party
Landing in fourth place, the state government’s also-ran loyal opposition, for going missing in action, year after year.
Bum Steer Awards 2018 No. 5: Alex Jones
In fifth place: the excitable radio host, for saying so many crazy things that his unsuccessful and very public child custody battle wasn’t the most embarrassing thing that happened to him this year.
Help us choose 2017’s Bum Steer. Vote in round two of our poll.
Sports
An Oral History of Watching (and Not Watching) the Last Three Innings of That Crazy Astros Game
It’s an experience Texas Monthly staffers will never forget, even the ones who didn’t actually experience it.
30 Things You Need to Know About Texas Music
From live electronic in Austin to reimagined cumbia in Corpus to rap-infused zydeco in Houston, here’s why our music scene is more vibrant than ever.
Voices From Hurricane Harvey
The story of Hurricane Harvey, as told by 28 Texans who helped their state through its darkest hour.
The Best Thing In Texas: Apparently Manu Ginobili And Gregg Popovich Are Concert Buddies
There’s no accounting for taste, though.
The TM General Store Is Open!
This just in: Texas Monthly’s curated BBQ Collection of made-in-Texas artisan goods.
RIP
23 Writers and Editors Remember Gary Cartwright
Awe, gratitude, and stories upon stories. Gary would approve.
A Year in the Life of Texas Monthly
The past twelve months have been a particularly eventful time for the magazine. Here’s a look at how 2016 went down at 816 Congress Avenue.
Bum Steer Awards 2017
It was a year of amateurish attorneys, buck-naked burglars, credulous coal-walkers, doughnut detractors, empty-headed educators, fund-raising fabulists, grumbling graduates, hacked highway signs, ill-timed imitators, judgment-justifying Jerry Joneses, kavalier Katrinas, lime-laden locoweed, misguided mattress merchants, naive notes, outré outfits, pitmaster poseurs, questionable quarterbacks, reactive racists, slipshod spellers, taco tiffs, unwise users, vibrator vandals, would-be wrestlers, xcrement-led xpulsions, yakking yahoos, and zero zeniths.
The Checklist
What to read, watch, listen to, and look at to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The 43-year-old magazine is pleased to welcome Tim Taliaferro as the sixth EIC and Scott Brown as the first chief creative officer.
The Checklist
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas literacy.
Jill Stein, FTW! (Just Kidding.)
Nine political insiders from the left and right (and points in between) predict what sort of numbers we might wake up to on November 9.
The Checklist
What to watch, listen to, and read this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
‘Texas Monthly’ Has a New Owner
Paul Hobby, who runs the Houston-based private equity firm Genesis Park, takes the reins of the venerable publication.
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
What You See Is What You Gaines
Photographer Jeff Wilson on the making of the October cover with Chip and Joanna Gaines.
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Greatest Burgers in Texas
What do the L.U.S.T., the Heisenburger, and the Squirrel Master have in common? They are among the best offerings to the food gods our state has ever produced.
The Checklist
What to read, listen to, and watch this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.
The Checklist
What to read, watch, and listen to this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.