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Texas Twenty: Dagoberto Gilb

Macho fiction.

Texas Twenty: Tom Luce

Head of the class.

Texas Twenty: Gwen and Willie Richardson

Long before racial preferences were a political hot potato, these respected conservatives were bucking conventional wisdom—within their own community.

Texas Twenty: Princess

The celebrity realtor as realtor celebrity.

Texas Twenty: Betty Buckley

Give her regards to Broadway.

Texas Twenty: Mel White

Preaching tolerance.

Texas Twenty: Dick Armey

The man of the House.

Royalty Pain

The Removal Men, 1995

The Reel World

In Mexico’s Sea of Cortés the bonito, tuna and dorado nearly jump into your boat. No wonder I’m hooked.

Revisiting Waco

Border Music

A veteran filmmaker’s new documentary looks at the rich history of tejano.

Basking in It

If the literary novel is dead, then why is Baskerville Publishers in Dallas flourishing?

A New Low

Across the state, kids are getting seriously messed up on a dirt-cheap downer from Mexico.

I’m a Believer

With so many people attacking the Religious Right these days, being a Christian isn’t easy. But I keep the faith.

Texas Twenty: Ron Kirk

The people’s mayor.

Texas Twenty: Ben Crenshaw

Back in the swing.

Texas Twenty: Richard Linklater

Hollywood’s busiest slacker.

The Texas Twenty

In the past twelve months they worked hard, overcame obstacles, bucked conventional wisdom, touched our lives, and—above all—demonstrated the conviction, character, and individuality that defines our state today. Presenting our second annual list of the year’s most interesting and influential Texans.

Waterworld

Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—and what remains of their agrarian past.

The First Twenty

Ghost Story

When you read a Hardy Boys novel, the mystery isn’t who done it, but who wrote it.

Silicone City

From invention to litigation, the breast implant has done more for Houston’s economy—and its psyche—than anything since oil.

Santa Fête

When rich Texas hostesses want to put on the biggest charity bash of the summer, where do they go? New Mexico, of course.

Our Fair Lady

Texan Jerry Hall is a successful model, the mother of three healthy kids, the wife of a rich, sexy, world-famous rock star. She’s also quite refined. Or is she? Eliza Doolittle, meet your match.

Hush, Little Baby, Don’t You Cry

Eleven years after the death of her youngest daughter, Tanya Reid sits in an Amarillo prison. Is she a murderess, or has she been railroaded by overzealous prosecutors?

Games of Chance

The Texas Kid, 1988

The late folk artist Willard Watson was a funky fixture of Dallas’ art scene. Better known as the Texas Kid, he was famous or his courly manners, cockammy yard art in his Love Field-area home, and eye-popping, Longhourn-crowned luxury cars. Watson often collaborated with other artists; in 1976, for example,

Surf’s Up

Bottleneck

Henderson County residents and Ozarka are locked in a nasty fight over some of the best water in Texas.

In the Drink

Drunken boaters have turned a popular lake near Dallas into deadly waters.

Bad Medicine

By vetoing the Patient Protection Act, Gearge W. Bush put cost before care.

LaFave Rave

Jimmy LaFave’s great new CD might propel him from Austin to the big time—if that were what he wanted.

A Perfect Mess

Can a suburban Dallas house-wife who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder ever overcome her fears? She doubts it.

A Killer Sequel

Sorry, Bob Dole. Austin director Robert Rodriguez’s follow-up to El Mariachi may be violent, but it’s also art.

The Outer Limits

Combining the latest technology with an old-fashioned passion for her work, Austin astronomer Anita Cochran redefined the solar system. Now her star is on the rise.

Grounded

Ripe Apple

Twenty years after he began critiquing modern society, Houston writer Max Apple is enjoying the fruits of his labor.

What Really Happened at Waco

Just as congressional hearings are set to begin, an exclusive excerpt from a new book casts a different light on the government’s role in the fiery end to the siege at Mount Carmel.

Misjudged

Former Burlesque Queen Dixie Evans, 1994

Spanish Class

In the market for high-quality handmade Hispanic crafts? You’ll find them—and more—at Santa Fe’s famous fair.

Parting Shots

Magic Fingers

San Antonio accordionist Mingo Saldivar is knocking them dead in northern Mexico.

Family Karr

With The Liar’s Club, a dark and lyrical memoir, a stiking new voice emerges from the oil patch.

Tiger’s Beat

An Austin attorney tears into the government’s case against a suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Roe v. World

Twenty-five years after Norma McCorvey joined the flight to legalize abortion, the battle is still raging—and so is she.

Sand Dollars

Gigantic homes. Gala parties. Nonstop schmoozing. The hip summer playground of Houston’s high society is … Galveston?

1995: The Best and the Worst Legislators

From the respected to the rascally, our regular roundup of the session’s most renowned pols.

Shooting the Moon

How glad-handing Hollywood and hidebound NASA joined forces to make Apollo 13, one of this summer’s hottest movies.