October 1994
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Features
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Rah! Power
All for Texas cheerleading, stand up, sit down, and read, read on.
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The Politics of Winning
In the final weeks, the governor’s race is too close to call. Here’s an analysis of what it will take to win.
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The Book of Joel
Excerpts from Joel Gregory’s new book Too Great a Temptation
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The Private Hell of Joel Gregory
One night the pastor of Dallas’ all-powerful First Baptist Church mysteriously resigned. To this day, no one is sure why.
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“We Get All Hyped Up. We Do a Drive-by.”
Gangs, guns, and getting in trouble are a way of life for too many teenagers in San Antonio’s projects.
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How to Marry A Millionaire
Anna Nicole Smith got her man: the full story on the big gal’s marriage to octogenarian oilman J. Howard Marshall.
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Columns
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Sunday Best
With love, discipline, and old-time religion, Kirbyjon Caldwell has built one of Texas’ most vital churches.
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Tour de Folk
Diverse styles and a shared devotion to fold music mark new releases by Nanci Griffith and Robert Earl Keen.
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Driven to It
The law says customers can file their own car papers and save fifty bucks. In practice, forget it.
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Lonely Song
The troubled imagination that fuels Daniel Johnston’s powerful new album could also prove his undoing.
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Trial and Error
Fred Zain was once a star witness for the prosecution, but his testimony may have sent innocent men to jail.
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Shape Up
Edward Blum ran for Congress in 1992, lost, and then decided to change America. He has succeeded. He was one of six plaintiffs in a Texas case that, along with similar cases in North Carolina and Louisiana, will help reverse the racial separation and antagonism that infects our public life. Blum, who works as a …
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Hot and Heavy
A saga of lust and revenge with a corpulent heroine establishes Carol Dawson as Texas’ most promising new writer.
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Reporter
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Holy Tomato
Entrepreneurs in Donna are saving the good name of the real Texas tomatoes that come in a can.
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All Fired Up
A ban against hunting dogs is turning some East Texas hunters into backwoods pyros.
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Web
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Stuffed Quail with Blackberry Essence
Stuffed Quail 1 tablespoon butter 1/4 cup diced celery 1/4 cup diced onion 1/4 cup diced carrots 1 cup cooked wild rice 1 cup cooked couscous 1 1/2 teaspoons rubbed sage Salt and pepper to taste 4 deboned quail 1/4 cup olive oil Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a medium-hot skillet, sauté butter, celery, …
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Miscellany
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State Fare
October in Texas doesn’t always mean cool weather, but it does mean the beginning of quail season. At Anthony’s in Houston, chef Bruce McMillian stuffs the small succulent birds with seasoned wild rice and couscous, roasts them to a turn, and finishes them with a garnet-hued blackberry sauce. Hunters may prefer to stalk their own …