Ricky Williams’ Latest Weirdness
How closely is the former UT running back's foundation linked to a cult-like New Age group called Access Consciousness?
Writer at large and former senior editor Jason Cohen has written for Texas Monthly since 1995 (and texasmonthly.com since its first iteration). His 1997 story “The Ice Bats Cometh,” about minor league hockey in Texas, was the basis of his book Zamboni Rodeo (Greystone Press, 2001). He also wrote the magazine's first-ever Matthew McConaughey story, in August 1996. The coauthor of Generation Ecch! (Fireside Books, 1994) and coeditor of SXSW Scrapbook (Essex/University of Texas Press, 2011), he has also written for such publications as Rolling Stone, SPIN, Details, the Austin Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, Portland Monthly, and Cincinnati magazine. His 1995 Rolling Stone cover story on the band Hole prompted Courtney Love to yell at him from the stage at Lollapalooza in Austin, while his 2007 profile of the Portland strip club Mary's won a Sex-Positive Journalism Award. As one of the two primary writers for the TM Daily Post, Cohen wrote approximately five hundred stories for Texas Monthly in 2012. He has been a blogger since 2002 and has been known to maintain as many as five Twitter accounts.
How closely is the former UT running back's foundation linked to a cult-like New Age group called Access Consciousness?
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
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Due to a proofreading error, the program for Saturday's commencement ceremony at UT's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs left out a crucial "L.”
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By Jason Cohen
In San Antonio and then again in Austin, the governor addressed the controversy over the University of Texas at Austin president's position on tuition.
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
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The former Cowboys star live-tweets about his estranged wife's alleged assault in front of their two sons.
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
And does it matter? Southern Methodist University's hiring of the famously well-traveled hoops coach has already paid off with big headlines.
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By Jason Cohen
Three dead and eight injured as masked gunmen ambush cockfight at a ranch northeast of Edinburg.
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Stumping for Mitt Romney at the NRA convention, the rock star proclaims that he "will either be dead or in jail by this time next year" if President Barack Obama is reelected.
By Jason Cohen
The El Paso Times profiles the 41-year-old "exotico," a 24-year veteran of the lucha libre circuit.
By Jason Cohen
The Corpus Christi ranch house where the bombshell lived during high school can be yours for $215,000.
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A recent tour of the interior of the landmark structure reignited discussions on what to do with the "Eighth Wonder of the World."
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Land Commisioner Jerry Patterson, former Galveston legislator A.R. Schwartz, and TEXAS MONTHLY's Paul Burka all blast the Texas Supreme Court for last week's ruling.
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UPDATED: The Daily Texan editorial board issues a statement apologizing for Stephanie Eisner's cartoon. It also says that Eisner no longer works for the paper.
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"News 8 Daybreak" sits down with Aldridge and TEXAS MONTHLY contributor Jason Sheeler, who profiles her in the April issue.
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
The Elgin BBQ joint recalled three types of fully-cooked sausages it sells online and in grocery stores, but not the fresh sausage it smokes for restaurant customers.
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen
Front Steps' Mitchell Gibbs says that the controversial SXSW marketing and charity campaign raised homelessness awareness.
By Jason Cohen
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Robert Andrew Powell, the author of This Love is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez, criticizes the "femicide business" and claims that activists, academics, and journalists profit from furthering the narrative.
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By Jason Cohen
Why losing Leslie, a homeless cross-dresser and local celebrity, would be a major blow to "weird" Austin.
By Jason Cohen
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By Jason Cohen