Archbishop Patrick Flores acts like a country priest, but he has a tough job: he is the most powerful Catholic clergyman in Texas, and perhaps the most powerful Mexican American as well.
July 1981

Features
The last word on tortillas: how to make them, when to eat them, and why they should be in every artist’s studio.
Astronauts used to be dashing pilots. Now they’re doctors, scientists, and...sanitary engineers.

Nineteen people you voted for and one you didn't.
Columns
John Catchings can sole crimes without witnesses, confessions, or clues. How? He’s a psychic.
A visiting revivalist lays some eloquent preaching on Pasadena Baptists. Nearby in Houston, the festival of Purim gives templegoers good reason to dress up, drink up, and raise a ruckus.
Take the “Art of Negotiating” seminar, and you too can learn to wheel and deal with a smile.
Miscellany
A deal that failed; macho political ads, the unhappiest man in Texas; a big time legal goof.
Reporter
McAllen mayor Othal Brand fights for his political life; a killer storm ravages Austin; a Highland Park matron trades fancy parties for farming.