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Pipe Dream

You’ve heard of the Texas Water Plan; now meet the Texas Coal Plan.

Cream of the Crop

Ah, ice cream. Name another 200 calories more worth it.

Contest

Name Plates.

Bacchus to the Land

Clear your palates, oenophiles; Chateau de Muleshoe is on its way.

Behind the Lines

The Viet Nam War was the second this country lost.

Touts

The sky’s the limit.

Up, Up, and Away

This is the Houston Rockets. We have lift-off.

Roar of the Crowd

Sexism, poverty, police supremacy, and Nazis—not to mention apple pie.

Texas Monthly Review

War in the stars; keeping up with Jones; beating old literary horses; acid rock returns; and balletÌ­s small step.

Texas Monthly Reporter

Chicken Ranch revived (would we kid you?); Blood and Money draws blood and—money; Laredo bank takes on world’s largest bank; Dallas’­ $65 million religious shrine.

New Dogs, Old Tricks

The importance of being a prairie dog.

Long Live the Queen

Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown of San Antonio’s restaurants.

Contest

The great endorsemen.

Cuisine, Cuisine

Enroll in a school where not matter how tough the final exam is you can still eat it.

Behind the Lines

Those who laugh first at the Texas Legislature do not laugh last.

Cheap in the Heart of Texas

A family vacation, almost a contradiction in terms, is still possible at these old-fashioned resorts.

Touts

Chili for lunch, shark for supper.

Roar of the Crowd

Drug traffic; emergency rooms; high IQs; and various shocking revelations.

Texas Monthly Review

Altman’s women; novelist leaves home; playwright comes home; art looks for home; jazzy TSU; and one odd concerto.

Texas Monthly Reporter

Jacinto City boy makes Doonesbury: Dallas dumps new math; and smoking fertilized pot may give you cancer.

Informed Sauces

We’re encouraging you to hit the sauces this summer.

Contest

Acronymity.

Clothes Made the Man

Why Willie Farah is taking up slack—not slacks—these days.

Behind the Lines

Jimmy Carter’s energy program wants to bury the age of oil and gas whether it’s dead or not.

Creole Folks at Home

Going native in the city where food is on everybody’s lips.

Touts

Fish and ships.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Birth of a Notion

It’s called competitive childbirth, but no gold medals are awarded for it.

Bombs Bursting in Air

With its latest batch of exploitation movies, Hollywood gets more blood out of old turnips.

Contest

Title bout.

Catchy Coup

How to squeeze a multimillion-dollar business out of a ten-second radio jingle.

The Wizard of Oz (Ret.)

Question: What goes on behind the closed doors of the stateÌ­s most elegant restaurant these days? Answer: Nothing.

Behind the Lines

Soldiers of Misfortune

What happens to a mercenary when all the fighting stops?

A Long Weekend in Houston

A tour of Houston that will take you off the beaten freeway.

Touts

Black and white and bread all over.

Roar of the Crowd

Texas Monthly Reporter

Hearing Voices

All we are saying is give opera a chance.

The Old Indoorsman

How to stale the wild house cat and other tips for indoor survival.

Their Bodies Themselves

Even for muscle men, a sound min is as necessary as a sound body.

Spilling The Beans About Coffee

If you have to pay outrageous prices for coffee, you might as well get your money’s worth.

Good as Gold

For most treasure hunters, the hunt is more important than the treasure.

Contest

Some transplanted evening.

Allah In the Family

In the middle of the booming Houston economy are some new movers and shakers.

Behind the Lines

Right On

In their hearts, these conservative writers knew they were right. Now the rest of us know it too.

Touts

Fair, faucet, and F major.

Roar of the Crowd