Behind the Lines
Animal Magnetism
My mane attraction.
Forgery, Texas Style
As Texans’ pride of place rose with the price of oil, collectors scrambled for the few documents of the Texas Revolution. Suddenly there seemed to be plenty to go around. But no one thought to ask why.
The First Protester
How a man named Eldrewey Stearns began the fight for civil rights in Houston.
The Lone Gunman
Why the Warren Commission was right.
315 Articles
Texas History
June 25, 2019
From the Archives: After the Apollo Program Ended, NASA Settled on a New, Less Glamorous Mission
The shuttle age commences, becomes routine, and draws to a close, while Mars beckons.
Politics & Policy
May 13, 2013
The Afterlife
In Dallas, our newly not-so-unpopular forty-third president tries to bend the arc of history’s judgment.
The Culture
January 23, 2013
Urban Cowboys
The cities have prevailed—but we’re still rural at heart.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Disaster, Part One: Lubbock
West Texans are going to have to figure out what they’re going to do when the well runs dry.
News & Politics
January 21, 2013
Debating Robert Caro
The fourth volume of an epic LBJ biography stirs more controversy.
Records
January 20, 2013
A Case of the Blues
If the Southland gave birth to the blues, Mack McCormick wants to know the time and place of the blessed event.
Business
January 20, 2013
Son of Oil Bust
Scenes from the new oil bust.
Behind the Lines
January 20, 2013
No Shortcuts
A charter school that makes the grade.
Books
January 20, 2013
The Uncertain Sage
A cool, brilliantly blue day in early February found me driving north from Austin on a sort of pilgrimage. I was going to see John Graves, the writer and gentleman farmer, now 73 years old, at his place on four hundred acres of rocky blackland prairie near Glen Rose.My visit
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Fix the Roof
A case for the parks.
The Inside Story
January 20, 2013
The Inside Story
Cover up.
Travel & Outdoors
January 20, 2013
San Francisco
Beat the crowds; do some Spade work.
Texas History
January 1, 2008
What a Crockett!
There should be no mystery about the latest artifact of “history.”
Sports
March 1, 2004
Good-bye to a Horse
She named him Mark. I didn’t know why, any more than I knew why my daughter was drawn to riding in the first place. But I did know that she loved him—and that letting him go was the hardest thing she’d ever done.
Behind the Lines
June 30, 2000
It’s Been Fun
I’ll be seeing you.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 2000
The Attack
The New York Times versus Texas: It’s only the beginning.
Behind the Lines
April 1, 2000
Dear Governor:
Reclaiming George W. Bush.
Behind the Lines
March 1, 2000
Should We Care
The last word (for now) on Davy Crockett.
Behind the Lines
February 1, 2000
Animal Magnetism
My mane attraction.
Behind the Lines
December 1, 1999
Doomed Dome
’Dome, sweet ’Dome: Good-bye to the stadium of the century.
Feature
August 31, 1999
Education: Barbara R. Foorman
Read all about her.
Behind the Lines
August 31, 1999
In, Not On, the Bayou
Down—and up—on the bayou.
Books
June 30, 1999
West Is West
How great is Walter Prescott Webb? I had no idea.
Books
April 30, 1999
Shakespeare in Lufkin
Y’all, the world’s a stage.
Behind the Lines
April 1, 1999
The Bridge
What the University of Houston can teach Texas.
Behind the Lines
January 1, 1999
The Games Game
Houston and Dallas go for the gold.
Behind the Lines
December 1, 1998
A Test on the Test
A TAAS test test.
News & Politics
November 1, 1998
The Lone Gunman
Why the Warren Commission was right.
Film & TV
November 1, 1998
Looking for Love
‘Urban Cowboy’ rides again.
Behind the Lines
September 30, 1998
New World Order
The book on foreign policy.
Feature
August 31, 1998
Law: Karla Faye Tucker
A matter of life and death.
Behind the Lines
August 31, 1998
Scorched Earth
This summer’s hot topic? Weather.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1998
A Letter to the Mayor
The Honorable Lee P. Brown Mayor of HoustonHouston, TexasDear Mayor Brown,THANKS AGAIN FOR SEEING ME the other day. I’m always happy to have a reason to go to Houston City Hall. It’s not much to look at from the outside, but inside it’s one of my favorite
The Stand Up Desk
May 31, 1998
Brave and Selfless
Crime in Mexico hits home.
Film & TV
April 30, 1998
Getting Out
Now playing: Houston’s Fifth Ward.
The Stand Up Desk
April 1, 1998
Empire of Culture
How Texas—and Texas Monthly—has changed.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1998
Smoke Detectors
Why the state’s tobacco settlement has ignited a controversy.
The Stand Up Desk
February 1, 1998
Behind the Lines
Why our pictures are worth a thousand words.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1998
Who killed the Texas Democratic party?
AT LEAST DAN MORALES knew that the mere proclamation he was going to have a press conference was not likely to stop the world in its tracks. The night before and all that morning, some supporters, as well as the attorney general himself, were busy calling around to say that
Books
November 1, 1997
Love, War, and LBJ
Two new volumes signal a reawakening of interest in the former president.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1997
Seven Women
Should Texas execute a woman? You could debate that question to death.
News & Politics
August 31, 1997
Science • Richard E. Smalley
Good chemistry.
News & Politics
August 31, 1997
Total Exposure
Is there such a thing as privacy on the Internet?
Business
June 30, 1997
Hang Like a Bulldog
Boone Pickens no longer wears a tie. Herein lies a tale.
Texas History
May 31, 1997
The First Protester
How a man named Eldrewey Stearns began the fight for civil rights in Houston.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1997
For an Income Tax
Why Texas needs an income tax.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1997
Scattered Applause
Everyone at the Capitol that morning in late January knew George W. Bush was at a high plateau, and they were there expecting to witness history being made. Popular and successful after two years as governor, openly discussed already as a potential candidate for national office, he was, on this
Being Texan
February 1, 1997
By the Numbers
STEPHEN KLINEBERG IS A MAN WHO REVELS IN STATISTICS, finding a pleasure in them so intense it borders on the sensual. We sat at a small round table in his breakfast room as he led me through the arrays of numbers that he has worked each of the last fifteen
The Stand Up Desk
January 1, 1997
Testy Mail
IN NOVEMBER WE PUBLISHED A RANKING of 3,172 public grade schools in Texas, giving each school one of five grades, from four stars (the best) to no stars (the worst). This article provoked an unusual amount of mail. Some of the letters were barely restrained victory whoops from people connected
Being Texan
December 1, 1996
The Church on the Hill
Why the big fight between a small town and a small church wound up in the Supreme Court.