February 1992

Feb 1, 1992 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Steve Benifiel was an old-fashioned outlaw who practically owned the town of Ranger—until he was busted for running one of West Texas’s biggest drug rings.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Lawrence Wright

To hear some women tell it, nature created two genders, one nearly perfect and the other badly flawed. I wonder whether they’re right.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Dana Rubin

An Alabama Klansman posing as a folksy Texas novelist almost pulled off the literary hoax of the century.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Anne Dingus

The great polka boycott, Willie’s Sunday school status, the cold truth about Vanilla Ice, and other notable moments in Texas Music.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Mimi Swartz

A report from the front lines in the battle of the sexes—inside the Aggie corps.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Dick Hitt

The Dallas Times Herald, 1879-1991, R.I.P.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Paul Burka

Bob Lanier’s victory in the Houston mayoral runoff guaranteed that all three of the state’s biggest cities will be led by white male political insiders for the first time since 1971. A year ago all three cities had women mayors. But the elections of Lanier, Steve Bartlett in Dallas, and…

Feb 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

On assignment for Country America magazine, Dallas freelance photographer Danny Turner traveled to Southern California’s Roy Rogers—Dale Evans Museum to snap a portrait of the singing cowboy. Turner just couldn’t resist grabbing the opportunity for a “me and Roy” photo, and it turned out so well that Turner put it…

Feb 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

Jan Jarboe’s “Wonder Drug on Trial” [TM, December 1991], on fluoxetine (Prozac), left me disappointed. As an instructor on antidepressant pharmacology for psychiatric residents, I emphasize that antidepressants are neither good nor bad but simply drugs with individual side-effect profiles and efficacies. I am appalled that the article did not…

Jan 20, 2013 — By Patricia Sharpe

The Hill Top Cafe

Feb 1, 1992 — By Gregory Curtis

If Texas is already overburdened with lawyers, and if, nevertheless, our law schools are still bursting with students, then I have a simple solution. Before submitting an application, all who want to apply to law school must sit down and read every word of the Texas constitution that was passed…

Feb 1, 1992 — By miltonjamail

The Texas Rangers have been thinking: Can they afford to keep Rubén Sierra, their best player ever?

Feb 1, 1992 — By Michael Ennis

Bert Long comes to Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum by way of the Fifth Ward, the Marines, haute cuisine—and the Prix de Rome.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Susan Chadwick

The latest news in Houston’s booming Italian restaurant scene is the savory cuisine of Tuscany.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

A state breeding program aims to fatten up the trim, pugnacious bass.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Texas Monthly

An Austin artist makes a stringed instrument of monumental scale.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Michael Corcoran

Whether on the field or on the tube, Steve McMichael’s roughhousing grabs fans.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Joe Nick Patoski

Space Center Houston will wow crowds with Disney gimmicks.

Feb 1, 1992 — By richdeutsch

Quick: Name the Laredo brothers who were world bantamweight champs at the same time.

Feb 1, 1992 — By Helen Thompson

Ken Barnes wants to keep his dinosaur fossils near home.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Peppered Pork 1 14-ounce or larger pork tenderloin (have butcher remove membrane) Salt to taste 1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Cut pork into 4 equal pieces, sprinkle with salt, coat with pepper. In very hot sauté…