June 2013
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Features
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Conflicts and Interests
John Carona is a state senator from Dallas who chairs the Business and Commerce Committee. He’s also the CEO of the country’s largest homeowners’ association management company. And the word “recusal” isn’t in his vocabulary.
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The Guilty Man
Twenty-six years after Michael Morton was sent to prison for a murder he didn’t commit, his wife’s killer was finally brought to justice.
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Big Little Man
“By the time I’d been with the band a year, I was treated the same as any other Comanche.” An excerpt from Philipp Meyer’s epic new novel, “The Son.”
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The 50 Best BBQ Joints . . . in the World!
Our definitive, soot-stained guide to the best purveyors of smoked meat in Texas—which is to say, the best purveyors of smoked meat on Earth.
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Columns
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Texas Hold ’Em
Ted Cruz is going all in against immigration reform. But would his win be our loss?
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The Texanist
On why good neighbors mend good fences, drinkin’ while dog walkin’, and the proper way to dispose of bacon grease (hint: in your belly).
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Roar of the Crowd
Readers respond to the May issue.
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Reporter
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Child of God
Taylor Stevens gets her revenge, one best-selling thriller at a time.
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Old College Try
Gene Powell, the University of Texas Board of Regents chairman, on the controversies over higher education and the future of learning.
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5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in June
According to the Rick Perry camp, sometime this month our governor will announce whether he plans to run for Texas’s top office yet again.
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The Afterlife
In Dallas, our newly not-so-unpopular forty-third president tries to bend the arc of history’s judgment.
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Little Boy Blues
As my son graduates from college, I’m learning to say goodbye to him—again.
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The Happy Rapper
The days and nights of the hardest-working Nigerian American in Houston hip-hop.
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The Greater Roadrunner
Eats scorpions. Mates for life. Doesn’t really say, “Beep, beep!”
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Touts
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Datebook
June’s must-attend concerts, shows, and festivals.
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Panhandling
Hiking rugged trails and slurping milk shakes in Palo Duro, Texas’s only slightly less grand canyon.
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Mexican Martini
Neither Mexican nor martini.
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Something in the Waters
Chef Jon Bonnell’s new venture is the biggest fish to surface in Fort Worth’s West 7th development.
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Bits and Spurs
Equestrian gear that will steer a horse—and turn some heads.
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