June 1999

May 31, 1999 — By Paul Burka

He’s irreverent and unself-conscious, and that’s not all.

May 31, 1999 — By Joe Nick Patoski

Why he was a hit running the Texas Rangers.

May 31, 1999 — By Evan Smith

His days as a “loyalty thermometer” in the nation’s capital.

May 31, 1999 — By Suzy Banks

From antique benches to cast-iron planters, a selective guide to the yard art of your dreams.

May 31, 1999 — By Patricia Hart

How his one and only loss shaped his view of politics.

May 31, 1999 — By Skip Hollandsworth

Those rumors you’ve heard about him are true. Sort of.

May 31, 1999 — By Helen Thorpe

What he learned about himself at Andover and Yale.

May 31, 1999 — By Pamela Colloff

Coming of age in Odessa and Midland.

May 31, 1999 — By Alison Macor

As long as she spends most of her free time on a ranch outside Fredericksburg, Madeleine Stowe may never become, by Hollywood’s definition, a successful actress. And that’s fine with her.

May 31, 1999 — By hortonfoote

How my grandfather’s death affected the town of Wharton—and me.

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

An exclusive portrait of the nascent Bush campaign.

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

A special report on the presidential front-runner who isn’t running—yet.

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

6 teaspoons honey 3 medium pears 6 ounces Brie, sliced 1/8 inch thick 3 fresh jalapeños, seeded and minced several sprigs thyme and basil, chopped 6 eight-inch flour tortillas 6 ounces sour cream (optional) sprigs of cilantro (for garnish) Fill a saucepan with…

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

2 medium cucumbers, peeled and seeded 1 small jícama, peeled 3 limes chile salt to taste (recipe above) 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (for garnish) Cut cucumber and jícama into 1/4- by 2-inch strips. Sprinkle with lime juice and chile salt and garnish with cilantro.

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

Chile Salt 7 teaspoons ground cayenne 7 teaspoons ground red chile powder 3 teaspoons granulated garlic 2 tablespoons salt Mix all ingredients together. Roasted Corn on the Cob 6 ears of corn in their husks 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 1/2 teaspoons chile salt (recipe…

Jan 20, 2013 — By Texas Monthly

Chile Salt 7 teaspoons ground cayenne 7 teaspoons ground red chile powder 3 teaspoons granulated garlic 2 tablespoons salt Mix all ingredients together. Roasted Corn on the Cob 6 ears of corn in their husks 3 tablespoons melted butter 1 1/2 teaspoons chile salt (recipe…

May 31, 1999 — By Ann Castle

SBC’s generocity.

May 31, 1999 — By Charles Else and Bill Reed

Why you should buy big-cap stocks.

May 31, 1999 — By Claire Poole

Clayton Williams, relaxed and enjoying it.

May 31, 1999 — By Graef Crystal

Sterling Commerce’s chairman gets the Crystal Boot.

May 31, 1999 — By carolinerosehunt

Caroline Rose Hunt, at your service.

May 31, 1999 — By Carol Chapman

The dirt on Garden.com, one of the state’s hottest online companies.

May 31, 1999 — By Beth Pinsker

Hollywood invests regularly these days in young Texas filmmakers. Not everyone, however, is a good bottom-line bet.

May 31, 1999 — By Skip Hollandsworth

The man who can read the minds of today’s teens and predict tomorrow’s fashion trends is fifty years old? Gadzooks!

May 31, 1999 — By johnsharp

Advice for the new state comptroller from the old one.

May 31, 1999 — By Gary Chapman

You’re a casual investor with a little money to burn. Should you spend it all on Vignette, pcOrder, or another Texas Internet stock? Not unless you have a strong stomach, and maybe not even then.

May 31, 1999 — By Paul Burka

He’d certainly say no. But there are industries that have suffered on his watch, and at least a few CEOs who would describe his record as mixed.

May 31, 1999 — By Kathryn Jones

Different people have different opinions about the controversial CEO of Maxxam, and nothing will change their minds—not even a deal on the Headwaters Forest.

Jan 20, 2013 — By erindavies

Among all athletes with endorsements, Michael Jordan is still king. But Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets is scoring in her own way—and she's having a ball.

May 31, 1999 — By John Morthland

They’re a major nuisance in rural Texas— but, boy, do they taste good.

May 31, 1999 — By Pamela Colloff

Like the coffee and pie in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, the Arlington-based fanzine Wrapped in Plastic is damn fine.

May 31, 1999 — By Joe Holley

Nearly three years after attorney Steve Davis’ body was found, his family still doesn’t know how he died. Thanks to an out-of-court settlement with Comanche County, they probably never will.

May 31, 1999 — By Marion Winik

The Town Lake soccer fields in Austin, shopping at Kathleen Sommers in San Antonio, sunsets in Big Bend: Good-bye to all that and (sniff) a whole lot more.

May 31, 1999 — By Joe Nick Patoski

Why Wimberley is not Columbine.

May 31, 1999 — By Paul Burka

Twenty and a half million. That’s Texas’ projected population in 2000—an increase of more than 20 percent since 1990—and Republicans are salivating at the prospect of gaining seats in the mandatory 2001 redrawing of legislative and congressional districts. Any area that did not keep up with the state’s growth rate…

May 31, 1999 — By Michael Hall

How the war in Kosovo turned an Austin online company into the Lone Star State Department.

May 31, 1999 — By Katy Vine

Twenty-two-year-old twins Brent and Brad Hauser have the kind of track record that makes their competitors weak in the knees. Now seniors at Stanford University, the former Kingwood residents have both set school records in the 10,000-meter, 5,000-meter (indoor and outdoor), and 3,000-meter events. At last year’s NCAA championships, Brad…

May 31, 1999 — By Evan Smith

Is Phil Gramm out of gas (and oil)?

May 31, 1999 — By Patricia McConnico

Not too long after I graduated from UT, I went back to play the part of Macbeth at Hogg Auditorium. I wanted to see how somebody like that—a verified homicidal psychopathic murderer—behaved, so I went to the Austin State Hospital. The university set it up for me, and the warden…

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

CDs by the Jiménez brothers, the Old 97’s, and Lee Hazlewood; books by Joni Rodgers and Scott Zesch.

May 31, 1999 — By Don Graham

Horseman, Pass By

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

I AM A CASEWORKER WITH CHILD Protective Services in Dallas. Yours was the first article I have seen that honestly described the work we do [“No One Knows What Could Be Happening to Those Kids,” April 1999]. Our days are endless and many of our nights are sleepless because…

May 31, 1999 — By Anne Dingus

Which Américo Paredes book was made into a movie starring Edward James Olmos?

May 31, 1999 — By Eileen Schwartz

Who knew that it would be so hard to get pictures of George W. Bush as a child? Texas Monthly assistant art director Kathy Marcus surely didn’t, but she discovered the truth early on in the course of her photo research for this month’s special issue (see “Who Is George…

May 31, 1999 — By Texas Monthly

Piano men—and women—play around at the Van Cliburn Foundation’s amateur night (Fort Worth). Plus: An aquarium you simply have to sea (Galveston); George Bush, the exhibit (Fredericksburg); Cowtown’s sesquicentennial (Fort Worth); and surf’s up…on the wall (Corpus Christi).

Jan 20, 2013 — By Patricia Sharpe

From Tila’s in Houston: three Mexican appetizers that are, well, appetizing.