February 1990
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Features
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The Codependency Conspiracy
Codependency leaders preach that we are the victims of a psychological plague. It remains to be seen whether they are selling us a valuable insight or merely a bill of goods.
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Money, Media, and Magic
Three crucial elements that will determine the outcome of the Texas governor’s race.
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The $76 Million Divorce
The eldest son of Trammell Crow used his money for drugs, guns, and high living. His wife spent a fortune on personal trainers and self-promotion. Now they’re squaring off in an L.A. divorce court.
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Lost in Space
Locked away in NASA’s storage vaults was some of the most glorious footage ever filmed. I thought turning it into a movie would be a snap. Ten years later I’ve revised my opinion.
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The Price of Peace
With the cold war fading into history, Fort Worth’s General Dynamics now has to regard peace as not merely an ideal but an economic reality.
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The Truth About Texas Beauty
She might have long legs, blond hair, and eyes as blue as a Panhandle sky. But a Texas woman isn’t really beautiful unless she works at it.
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Columns
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Crispy Critters
Carnivores have their steakhouses, herbivores their sprout spots. Now insectivores can munch their way through the Aztec menus in Mexico City.
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Chalk Talk
Horizontal drilling has not only hit pay dirt in South Texas-it has also revived oil-patch wheeling and dealing.
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Reporter
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Juvenile Justice
Peer pressure dispenses juvenile justice in Montgomery County.
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Old Age, New Age
San Antonio’s mail-order Mayans were New Age before there was a new age.
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The Long Dry Spell
Coasta Bend farmers are desperate for a rainy day.
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Miscellany
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Darness at Noon
The day the lights (almost) went out in Texas; why Gib Lewis’ reelection is crucial for Democrats; more trouble in the supreme court.
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Roar of the Crowd
Mapping the desert grandeur of Big Bend, pondering the problems at a Dallas high school, tearing down for moving up in a Houston neighborhood.
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