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.
48 Articles
Energy
January 20, 2013
Oil and Water
Offshore drillers are finding mammoth reservoirs in places that were once considered barren, which is why the Gulf of Mexico is booming again.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Exterminator
Does Tom DeLay kill Democrats on contact? Not exactly, but as the president can tell you, the profoundly partisan Republican congressman attacks his enemies relentlessly.
Art
January 20, 2013
Dominique de Menil Remembered
Dominique de Menil—1908-1997
Business
March 1, 2000
Shares and Shares Alike
High-tech philanthropy comes of age.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1999
Go East, Young Man
What he learned about himself at Andover and Yale.
Feature
April 30, 1999
Tex Mecca
What are tens of thousands of Muslims doing in Arlington? Adjusting to life in America, debating the merits of assimilation, and trying to convince the world that they’re not terrorists.
Television
January 1, 1999
News Makers
Coming January 1 to a small screen near you: A round-the-clock, Texas-specific, CNN-style cable channel. Its creators will be watching. Will you?
Feature
December 1, 1998
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Who gives a hoot about an owlish auteur with nary a directing credit in twenty years? All of Hollywood, that’s who—which is why Austinite Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line is the most anticipated film of the season.
Business
September 30, 1998
Can John Glenn Do It Again?
As the 77-year-old prepares for yet another liftoff, fans and foes alike are praising his missionÑand questioning NASA’s.
Feature
August 31, 1998
Media: Debby Krenek
Read all about her.
Health
August 31, 1998
HEALTH: Jack Roth
The doctor is in.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1998
Less Is Mauro
Barring a miracle, Garry Mauro will lose to George W. Bush in this November’s gubernatorial election. So why is he acting like a winner?
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1998
The Fall of the Last Patrón.
Even by South Texas standards, the undoing of Starr County sheriff Eugenio Falcón, Jr., was one for the books.
Art
April 30, 1998
Metal of Honor
I wanted to see lightning strike the steel rods that artist Walter De Maria installed in a New Mexico field. I didn’t, but the trip was still illuminating.
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1998
Plaza Sweet
The remaking of a South Texas town.
True Crime
January 1, 1998
Anatomy of a Drug Cartel
The cocaine goes north. The money goes south. And Mexican kingpins like Juan García Abrego laugh all the way to the bank—a Texas bank, that is.
Texas History
September 30, 1997
Historical Friction
Conflicting accounts of the killing of German immigrants in the Hill Country during the Civil War are creating a certain amount of dis-Comfort.
Texas History
September 30, 1997
Hallie and Farewell
The life and legacy of a Texas icon.
Business
August 31, 1997
Business • Michael Dell
Still plugged in.
Business
June 30, 1997
“Boom” Is a Four-letter Word
No one will admit we’re in the middle of one, even as the economy surges. How come? Because the last time we had it this good, bragging only hastened the arrival of another four-letter word: “bust.”
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1997
The New Welfare
A little-known financial institution could be the future of the war on poverty in Texas.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1997
Naval Gazing
As the Navy’s top civilian leader, Texan John Dalton has navigated one scandal after another. He might also be charting a course back home—and to elected office.
News & Politics
April 30, 1997
The War for the Colorado
Battles over the river’s precious waters are pulling in everyone from pecan growers in Central Texas to shrimpers in Matagorda Bay, not to mention thirsty cities like San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Who will be left high and dry?
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1997
Tru Story
Why Texarkana’s Truman Arnold is in the thick of a scandal over Democratic fundraising.
True Crime
March 1, 1997
The Last Ride of the Polo Shirt Bandit
William Guess seemed to be an ordinary man: He had a wife and three children and owned his own business. So why did he become the most prolific bank robber in Texas history?
Arts & Entertainment
January 1, 1997
Whose Art Is It, Anyway?
In February two stolen frescoes paid for and restored by Dominique de Menil will be unveiled in a new Eastern Orthodox chapel in Houston.
Health
January 1, 1997
Cancer Patience
To perfect a promising new gene therapy, doctors at Houston’s M. D. Anderson need time. Unfortunately, that’s one thing people with malignant brain tumors don’t have.
Business
January 1, 1997
Smokin’!
Sowing the seeds of the hemp craze.
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 1996
Social Climbers
This month, a ragtag group of wanderers will descend on Hueco Tanks state park in West Texas, where they’ll spend their nights hanging out and their days hanging on to the most challenging boulders around.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1996
Health • Gloria Feldt
Family planner.
Business
July 31, 1996
Bad News, Baird’s
This spring, Texas’ leading white-bread maker was ordered to pay a fine of $10 million and settled a lawsuit for another $18 million. Why does the company have to cough up so much dough?
News & Politics
April 1, 1996
Wafer Madness
Inside a state-of-the-art semiconductor factory, a day’s work is never done, as technicians race to build smaller, faster, and more-powerful computer chips.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1996
The Far Right Stuff
Wyatt Roberts says he’s simply crusading against sin, but critics contend that the Christian activist is trying to usher in a new era in Texas: the anti-gay nineties.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1995
Fighting Back
Inspired by th O.J.Simpson case, Texas has taken the lead in fighting domestic violence.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1995
Smelling Like a Rose
Critics complain about Houston’s rising debt, but Mayor Bob Lanier’s reputation is blooming, which is why he’ll win a third term this month.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1995
Hype or Hero?
He’s won the support o Mexican Americans in El Paso; now he wants to win a seat in Congress. Is Silvestre Reyes’ attack on illegal immigration heroism or hype?
Energy
October 1, 1995
Reversal of Fortune
Boone Pickens and his protégé, David Batchelder, built Mesa Petroleum into an energy giant. Now Pickens’ empire is crumbling and his former aide is leading the charge against him.
Health
September 1, 1995
Texas Twenty: Linda Aguilar-Bryan and Joseph Bryan
After a decade of lab work at Baylor College of Medicine, this husband-and-wife team has solved the mystery of hyperinsulinism.
News & Politics
August 31, 1995
Waterworld
Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—and what remains of their agrarian past.
Health
August 31, 1995
A New Low
Across the state, kids are getting seriously messed up on a dirt-cheap downer from Mexico.
News & Politics
July 31, 1995
The Outer Limits
Combining the latest technology with an old-fashioned passion for her work, Austin astronomer Anita Cochran redefined the solar system. Now her star is on the rise.
News & Politics
June 30, 1995
Roe v. World
Twenty-five years after Norma McCorvey joined the flight to legalize abortion, the battle is still raging—and so is she.
Science
April 1, 1995
Drug War!
How a small Houston biotech company and a giant California-based rival are battling over who developed what may be a revolutionary cure for asthma and allergies.
Music
April 1, 1995
Darkness Audible
Shawn Colvin, the latest pop émigré to land in Austin, sets the record straight on her long and difficult road to stardom.
Business
January 1, 1995
Is MCC Obsolete?
Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose.
Reporter
January 1, 1995
The Truck Stops Here
Dorsett 221 near Buda is the place where a driver is always king of the castle.
Business
July 1, 1994
A Piece of the Action
If casino gambling comes to Texas, it’s a safe bet that the Pratt family of Dallas will be in on the jackpot.