University of Texas regent Wallace Hall has been accused of leading a witch hunt against UT-Austin president William Powers. But the Dallas investor insists he's doing his job. And he doesn't care what you think.
When the National Book Critics Circle gave the Austin writer Rolando Hinojosa its lifetime achievement award, it was simply taking note of what many of us had known for years.
Thirty years ago, Texans who equated fine dining with chicken cordon bleu and trout meunière suddenly found themselves eating barbecued Gulf shrimp and goat cheese quesadillas. An oral history of the Southwestern cuisine revolution.
If you ask thirteen famous Texans to name their favorite place, don’t be surprised when you get thirteen very different answers.
The legendary speaker of the House had his own version of a little black book—and it included numbers for a florist, a fishing buddy, and two future presidents.
The virtual currency Bitcoin is perfect for Texas’s don’t-fence-me-in ethos. It may also be a disaster waiting to happen.
Our estimable advice columnist on bad barbecue vs. no barbecue, rodeo bullfighting, and dogs at bars.
What Greg Abbott and the Republican party should have learned from their state convention.
At Houston's Table on Post Oak the second in command finally gets his chance to shine.
Even with the bigger crowds, Port Aransas remains a fisherman's paradise.
Oil, masa, air bubbles, and the filling of your choice—do you really need anything else?
Why did dozens of Sikh detainees in a federal facility in El Paso go on hunger strike in April?
The five members of the Dallas County Commissioners’ Court unanimously voted for a resolution commemorating Juneteenth without realizing that it also endorsed reparations for slavery. Aside from Commissioner John Wiley Price, who put forth the resolution, none of the other commissioners had bothered to find out what was in the
“An irate gentleman went for the city editor of the Dallas Herald a few days ago, but was met with a six-chambered apology-maker. It might as well be understood now that all local editors in Texas have their pants made with pistol pockets in them.”—San Marcos Free Press, June 19, 1884
What to hear, read, watch, and look at this month to achieve maximum Texas literacy.
Leticia Van de Putte on what happened last summer—and what might happen in November.
Some crazy stuff went down in the past thirty days. Here are a handful of headlines you may have missed.
