Politics & Policy
July 31, 1979
Behind the Lines
Running on Empty.
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Politics & Policy
June 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
Fill ‘er up, but don’t spill any gas on my Ralph Lauren boots.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Chinks in the Armor
If the Soviet Union and the United States fought a nuclear war, no one would win. But who would win a conventional war?
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Hell on Wheels
Soldiers at Fort Hood agree on one thing: You don’t have to be crazy to be in the Tank Corps—but it helps.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
I Hate You!
Although Texans make good friends, they make even better enemies.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Night Moves
For legislators in Austin, home is where the bar is.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1979
Ben Barnes is Still Running
The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
On winning the National Magazine Award.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
The Firing Line
The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
The medical miasma.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1979
Have Guns, Will Travel
Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
A farewell to celebrities and to arms.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Rebel with a Cause
Can a Texas revolutionary find happiness exiled in Europe? Not when his revolution is in Mexico.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
The Seep of Death
Chemical waste disposal sits are environmental time bombs-if they don’t get you know, they’ll get you later.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Billy Lee
How a bountifully talented young Texas writer based a novel on Lyndon Johnson, won high praise, and then…
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
As New Ulm went, so goes New York.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Six Crises
It will be up to the 66th Legislature to solve these problems, and we’ll have to live with the solutions.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
Stone walls do not a prison make.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1978
A Call to Farms
The Rockefellers are coming, and J.C. Lewis thinks they’re after the American farmer.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
A funny thing happened on the way to the governor’s office.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Good-bye to Main Street.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1978
Ticket to Ride?
For the Republicans this fall, it may be a trip to oblivion.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
The Enemy Within
Remember the great campaign against drugs? Dueling enforcement agencies have turned it into a civil war.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Bringing it all back home.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Stalking elusive birds and energy czars.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1978
Behind the Lines
The uselessness of college.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
What energy crisis?
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1978
Behind the Lines
Why we don’t endorse candidates.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Election Tip Sheet
The dark horses, heavy favorites, and close calls of this year’s big elections.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Requiem for a heavyweight.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1978
The Case Against the Farmers
Everybody says they want to help the farmers, but nobody wants to face up to what they really need.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1978
The Smoldering Fire
More than once San Antonio has been the crucible for a Mexican revolution. A band of guerrillas in Oaxaca believes it could happen again.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Crime and punishment.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1978
Grasping At Strauss
For Bob Strauss, power is its own reward.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of this magazine.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
The Good Old Girls
At the National Women’s Conference, the feminists changed their sandals for pumps and embraced mainstream America.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Corpus Delicti
Corpus Christi is the victim - what is the crime?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Like most wrong ideas, the concept of the sunbelt didn’t matter until people started putting it into practice.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
The Second Battle of the Alamo
Texas’ oldest city is heading for a political showdown, thanks to some newcomers to the power game.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
This may be the Me Decade, but fortunately a great many people haven’t gotten the word.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Have Conscience, Will Travel
Leon Jaworski is cleaning up again.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1977
Behind the Lines
Some nice words about the police, exploring Texas, and listening to opportunity knock.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1977
Behind the Lines
“Give me your tired, your poor . . . ”
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1977
The House Is Not A Home
A freshman in the Texas Legislature finds everything from the sublime to the ridiculous—well, maybe not the sublime.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1977
Behind the Lines
Houston has the healthiest urban economy in the nation, but money can’t buy happiness.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1977
Pipe Dream
You’ve heard of the Texas Water Plan; now meet the Texas Coal Plan.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1977
Behind the Lines
The Viet Nam War was the second this country lost.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1977
1977: The Ten Best and Ten Worst Legislators
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1977
Behind the Lines
Those who laugh first at the Texas Legislature do not laugh last.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1977
Behind the Lines
Jimmy Carter’s energy program wants to bury the age of oil and gas whether it’s dead or not.