March 1980

Mar 1, 1980 — By sarahwthomas

Straight out of the last century, fists swinging, cutting a swath through the lawless, comes Dick Cockrell.

Mar 1, 1980 — By John Bloom

In Texas the best way to get rich in cable television is to know just a little about TV and everything about politics.

Mar 1, 1980 — By John Bloom

When the cable TV salesman comes calling, you should fully expect your city council to sell you down the river. Not that they mean to do it. It’s simply that history shows most city councils don’t know the first thing about cable. People who can barely figure out the briefs…

Mar 1, 1980 — By Paul Burka

Justices of the peace, maligned since the days of Roy Bean, don’t operate like other judges. But if lawyers want to get ride of them, they can’t be all bad.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Richard West

Pedro Martínez, with only his Mexican heritage, a determination to work hard, and a desire for a better life, brought his family across the Rio Grande to fine a home in a new land.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Olive Spitzmiller

Horses are expensive, finicky, and a pain to groom. They are also irresistible.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Giles Tippette

In a big fight you can outwit, outhit, or outlast your opponent. But you’d better not try to outeat him.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Patricia Sharpe

Docs, rocks, and flocks.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Paul Burka

Texas witches need regulation; the Killer Bees sting again; a cloud hangs over the Contemporary Arts Museum; the feds insist that minority rules.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Baby boom, bum rap, race trap.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Texas Monthly

Ticket to write.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Gregory Curtis

Black and brown.

Mar 1, 1980 — By John Graves

Harmony begins at home.

Mar 1, 1980 — By W. L. Taitte and Alice Gordon

On its Houston stop, the Acting Company unpacked performances for Texas theaters to live up to. Austin’s Center Stage is in the know but lacks the how.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Susan Duffy

Getting a memorial for Austin’s Viet Nam War dead began as a noble venture but ended in a trivial skirmish.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

For Maxine, Texas’ leading gossip, life is all work and no playcation.

Mar 1, 1980 — By William Martin

Pentecostal revivalists bask in the Spirit of the Holy Ghost; Muslims find solace in the will of Allah.

Mar 1, 1980 — By John Bloom and William Broyles

No news is bad news.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Stephen Harrigan

Gordon Baxter’s Village Creek is just barely navigable. Amado Muro was a bohemian before it was fashionable.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Michael Ennis

The USSR today wouldn’t tolerate the radical art that was nurtured during the Russian Revolution.

Mar 1, 1980 — By George Morris

The Marriage of Maria Braun marks a second honeymoon for the New German Cinema; it’s hard to see your way through The Fog; this American Gigolo is overpriced and underwhelming.

Mar 1, 1980 — By Gene Lyons

Del Monte gets steamed up over spinach; an entrepreneur’s scheme goes up in flames; Marlin takes the geothermal plunge; football is hot stuff in Mexico.