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State Wide Reporter: Salt-illo

You have probably seen the little green or yellow packages at convenience-store counters.

State Wide Reporter: Fest Goes West

West Coast folk festivals got Kennedy’s Kerrville touch.

State Wide Reporter: Knife Fight

Is this the knife Jim Bowie took to the Alamo? Owner Bart Moore and Spirit of the Alamo founder John Stokes believe that the bladesmith’s stamp and Bowie’s name prove it is.

Devout Discord

A bishop and a believer challenge pro-choice Catholics—and force Corpus Christi into a crisis of conscience.

Call Me

My phone habit saps my energy and drains my wallet. But wait—there’s my other line. Can you hold?

The Texas 100: Index

Where to find your local mogul.

The Texas 100: On Deck

Why multimillionaires like Clayton Williams didn’t make the cut-yet.

The Texas 100: When Money Talked, We Listened

The Texas 100 survey.

The Texas 100: Gone But Not Forgotten

Fortunes come and go-and some from 1989’s Texas 100 came in under our $120 million minimum.

The Texas 100: Tycoons in Training

Homegrown businesses with large-scale profits.

Mad at the World

It’s hard to be Mr. Nice Guy when your son has suffered brain damage, your insurance has been canceled, and your life is in an uproar.

Domain

The Shining; Looming Large; Building a Better Cookie; Once Upon a Wall.

Firing Cops

Remember the Alamo?

A new assault on Texas’ most cherished myth proves that the Battle of the Alamo is far from over.

The Ties That Bind

An exhibition by a trio of contemporary women artists looks at what matters most to them.

Soda Bread

4 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 cup shortening 2 cups buttermilk 1/4 cup caraway seeds 1 egg yolk 4 tablespoons milkPreheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix together flour, sugar, salt, and soda. Cut in shortening, add buttermilk, and mix until

Industrious Arts

For a handful of Texas artists, crafting a living comes naturally.

High Country Haven

The Tetons are grander and Santa Fe is tonier, but no place is more apropos than Ruidoso.

A Soldier’s Secret

In the farming town of Whitewright, stolen tenth-century illuminated manuscripts and ivory reliquaries weren’t all that Joe Meador had to hide.

The Big Blow

On September 8, 1900, a devastating hurricane blasted Galveston, changing life on the Island forever.

The Battle for Barton Springs

A determined developer’s big plans for Austin’s cool, clear water hole is bringing out extremes on both sides.

Howdy, Comrades! Let’s Do a Deal

A Texas businessman launches his one-man invasion of post-Communist Romania.

Brack and Ruin

Kilgore College Rangerettes

Photograph by O. Rufus Lovett

Straight Talk

State Wide: Close Call

As the Mega Borg blazed, the Gulf absorbed the toxic oil spill.

State Wide: Surfing Fanatics

When hurricanes come in, Carrie Doughty and Joe Garza head out.

Squeeze Play

Three masters show why conjunto, the accordion music of the Tex-Mex border, is hotter thatn Lajitas in August.

What Price Glory?

John Wiley Price champions the poor, the oppressed—and his own political future.

Domain

See My Etchings; Quilt Complex; Sushi Summit; Rock-a-bye Baby.

Venus Behind Bars

A new private prison brought a belated boom to tiny Venus, but the state contends that the jailhouse is a bust.

Sin and the Cowboys

Born to Be Naughty

Travels with Eric Kimmel, l’enfant terrible of Dallas, Paris, and a Limoges jail.

The Unholy Trinity

“The heavens brought the rain, but Man brought the ruin.”

Texas Humor: This Man Can Really Shoot Bull

With his bust-a-gut jokes and cornpone tales, backwoods humorist Bob Murphey delivers a time gone by.

Texas Humor: My Life As Joe Bob Briggs

It didn’t take me long to learn the ten lessons of stand-up comedy. Number one is, Prepare to die.

Texas Humor

From Pecos Bill to nightclub comics, we’ve got lots to laugh about.

Little House on the Plaza

John Neely Bryan’s cabin may be a fake, but as Dallas’ only claim to the past, it’s a beloved fake.

That Dog Won’t Hunt

State of the Art

Nine-Year-Old Brent Cunningham just after his Red Brangus heifer placed second at the 1989 Austin Livestock Show and Rodeo. Photograph by Michael O’Brien

Bad Karma

State Final: Inside Job

Dick Armey sneered at D.C.’s chummy politics. Then he found he liked being a member of the club.

State Final: Summit Maniacs

In honor of the Economic Summit, Houstonians are cleaning up their act and driving themselves nuts.

State Wide Reporter: Bass Goes Fishing II

Robert Bass must sometimes wish he had coveted an easier takeover target than the Flordia company that owns the St. Petersburg Times.

State Wide Reporter: Cowboy Jim

Friendly Cowboy Jim gives San Antonio tourists what they want.

Good-bye, Mr. B

Donald Barthelme’s style could never be imitated, but if you listened to him, you could find your own.

Losing It

Sometimes, in the search for misplaced objects, we find things we didn’t know we were looking for.

Texas Humor: How Many Aggies . . .

Did you hear the one about the eleven Aggies who told their favorite Aggie jokes?

Domain

Clear Winner; Aqua Viva Man; Take a Stand; Water Featured

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