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Negative Energy

Great Mexpectations

Roky Road

Freedom Fighter

Lee Harvey’s Legacy

Rachel Oswald did not kill John F. Kennedy, but for more than three decades she has struggled to make peace with the darkest day in Texas history.

Rudy Awakening

As Houston Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is discovering, it's one thing to win the MBA title—and quite another to play like champions.

Not What the Doctor Ordered

How an old-fashioned Texas physician fought the takeover of modern medicine by heartless insurance companies—and lost.

Come Dancing

When country hunk Billy Ray Cyrus his megahit “Achy Breaky Heart” in 1992, country dancing—or at least a modern version of it—returned to vogue. Cyrus’ novelty song was released with a video that showed a line dance specifically created for the song, and—in a flashback to the Urban Cowboy craze of

Making the Grade

A Bloody Game

Heroes and Villains

Shoot-out at Shamrock

On a sleepy day last September, two women came barreling down Route 66 with five police cars in hot pursuit. A tiny Panhandle town will never be the same.

Gone to CyberTexas

With a computer and a modem, anyone can travel the state on the information superhighway, but it helps to have a road map. A complete guide to Texas on-line.

No Limits

For twenty seasons Austin City Limits has been the elite soundstage of American popular music. And it keeps getting better.

Lost Kingdom

A trip to Guatemalan jungle reveals the splendid ruins of Tikal and the mystereries of the ancient Maya.

Over the Hump

Preacher Howdy Fowler dreamed of crossing the West by camel. Many spine-jarring miles later, his wish has come true.

Gramm Watch

Nanci Griffifth and Guitar, 1994

Hero Worship

Chipping Away

Cyriz is dueling industry-gian Intel in a showdown for the fastest computers in the West.

Fear and Loathing

Houston’s gonzo TV reporter Wayne Dolcefino is the best show in town.

Precious Cargo

Kids shouldn’t be allowed to ride in the back of pickups. Soon—thanks to Lubbock’s Karen Slay-they won’t.

Crossing the Bar

There ought to be a law against the Texas bar exam. It’s irrelevant, illogical and just plain nutty.

Hunger Pains

Without constant care, victims of an obscure genetic disorder would eat themselves to death.

More Power to Him

The office of governor is constitutionally weak, but don’t tell that to George. W. Bush.

The Many Faces of George W. Bush

He’s part Susan Powter, part David Letterman, part Dagwood Bumstead—and more.

Class Acts

An Austin City Limits scrapbook.

Big

In heavyweight boxing—and in the glare of media lights—it helps to be larger than life. Ask George Foreman, 1994’s comeback kid.

The Good Loser

Closing the Circle J

A final farewell to the Hill Country spread that for more than thirty years meant everything to me and my family.

Barry Switzer Gets the Last Laugh

The rookie Cowboys coach has turned out to be exactly what all the critics said he wasn’t: a winner.

Breaking the Bank

Gambling became a way of life for young Josh Levine. When he got in too deep, he came to believe that only a holdup could get him out.

Is MCC Obsolete?

Twelve years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, the vaunted Austin high-tech consortium is still struggling to find its purpose.

Latin Beat

Music and dance define Veracruz, the city with the stongest coffee and the freshest seafood in Mexico.

When Bush Comes to Shove

Santa Clara Corn Dancer, 1994

Criminal Connections

The Truck Stops Here

Dorsett 221 near Buda is the place where a driver is always king of the castle.

Texas Crude

A Dallas animation team creates caroons that would make even Beavis and Butt-head blush.

Straight Arrow

The new Ways and Means chairman, Bill Archer, takes aim at the federal budget.

Big Talker

Jailed right-wing Dallas radio host Tom Donahue protests he’s a political prisoner. The IRS says he’s a crook.

Fast and Loose

Bugs Henderson doesn’t lhave an “act” — he’s simply one of the best blues guitarists around.

Brush With Fame

As a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art.

The 1995 Bum Steer Awards

A year of amorous angels, bra buzzers, camouflaged Claytie, denied Davidians, escaped evangelists, faulty flags, gainful gangs, hefty hypnosis, inmate inedibles, jumbo jock-straps, kaput killdeers, lunching Lassie, mercurial mushrooms, nabbed ninjas, overhyped O.J., pumpkin purloiners, questionable quizzes, rap ruffians, sexy sprinters, tack taxis, unappreciated universities, videotaped villains, wayward Willie, X-sposing

Critter Bidders

High-tech meets down-home in Texas’ latest ranching trend: a video auction of emus, elk, and other exotic animals.

The Gate-Crashers

Missions Accomplished

Forget the Alamo. The real spirit and history of Texas come alive at San Antonio’s eighteenth-century churches.

Beer Bust

Bernardo Zuchil and Pontiac, Lajitas Trading Post, 1994

Heiress Apparent