January 1980

Jan 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

Beefing and chewing the fat about a rare pleasure that’s almost done for.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Geoff Winningham

Once Texas was a land of fabulous, ornate county courthouses. It still is, but today they’re flamboyant relics in our streamlined urban landscapes.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

At Houston’s Jefferson Davis Hospital, the wonders of modern medicine collide with the raw realities of birth, poverty, neglect and hope.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Nicholas Lemann

Don’t despair, learn to Think Positive! Success and happiness are only a seminar, a cassette library, and several hundred dollars away!

Jan 1, 1980 — By Patricia Sharpe

Night stalkers and day walkers.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Paul Burka

A helicopter plague descends on Dallas; is the Texas environmentalist an endangered species?; cattlemen won’t be cowed.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Movers and fakers.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Letters please.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Gregory Curtis

Steering Bum Steers.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Tom Curtis

Galveston has withstood tidal waves, hurricanes, gamblers, and tourists. Can it survive a superport?

Jan 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

When Stage #1 opened as a halfway house for theater graduates from SMU, the participants weren’t pitied but applauded.

Jan 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte

Houston and Dallas opera companies could fudge on shoe sizes when it came to casting Cinderellas, but the voices had to fit just so.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

By reputation Dallas is a staid city. But there is one strip where Dallas is fevered, excessive, and lascivious, and where every night is party night.

Jan 1, 1980 — By William Martin

A Dallas rabbi says Christmas is a form of persecution for Jews; a Disciples of Christ pastor discusses suffering with equanimity.

Jan 1, 1980 — By William Broyles

Two questions about school desegregation: Is busing the only way? Are integrated schools inferior?

Jan 1, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

John Updike’s problems are our pleasures. Mean Scrooge McDuck returns in a nostalgic comic-book collection.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Joe Nick Patoski

New records from Texas’ die-hard country, rock, and punk musicians.

Jan 1, 1980 — By jameschiles

The Panhandle is home for the country’s only H-bomb assembly plant. Aren’t you glad we told you?

Jan 1, 1980 — By Doug Ramsey

The Midland Jazz Classic wasn’t cheap, but it was worth the price.

Jan 1, 1980 — By George Morris

A boy and his horse reach great heights in The Black Stallion. The Rose, with Bette Midler, is no American beauty.

Jan 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

George Bush wants to shake your hand; Rita Clements wants to paint your Governor’s Mansion; Dallas wants to bring you art, lots of art.

Jul 5, 2013 — By Paul Burka

George Bush strives for a higher command.