News & Politics

Liberal Education

For years, liberals have been the biggest critics of Austin city government. What happened when the got the power to do something about it?

The New Adultery

Those who haunt the singles bars aren’­t always what they seem—namely, single.

Oops!

Everybody makes mistakes, but mistakes in the medical profession leave scars on everybody.

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Raza Desunida

South Texas has had a revolution, but itís not the one José Angel Guttiérrez planned.

Stars and Stripes

The rodeo where it really doesn’­t pay to win.

1977 Bum Steer Awards

All this, and the Legislature wasn’t even in session.

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Paper Tigers

These bureaucrats belong in a zoo.

Little Big Man

Is it worth being a United States senator when you’­re on the losing side all the time? Ask John Tower.

There Ought Not To Be a Law

There are two things you should never see being made: sausage and legislation. All in all, we’­d rather watch sausage.

Howard Hughes Lives!

In pursuit of the elusive billionaire’­s final mystery: who’­ll get his money?

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In the Bin

A schizophrenic’s own story of his tour through asylums from Bellevue to Texas.

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Buying Power

The new campaign financing law takes all the fun out of fund raising.

Vanity Fair

The Greenhouse is where the rich and the chic go to play I spa.

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What Does This Woman Want?

Is Barbara Jordan really worth all the fuss?

The Making of Barbara Jordan

From poor black girl to presidential possibility, in ten not-so-easy lessons.

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Body Politics

Why you shouldn’t lose any sleep over your congressman’s nocturnal habits.

All’s Fair in War

. . .but back home? Never.

All’s Fair in Love

Can Texas Democrats find happiness? In New York, maybe—

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Texas Monthly Reporter

PEOPLEThe red-hot rumor, blazing from mouth to mouth in Dallas recently, had longtime radio programming genius Gordon McLendon raising $2 million for a group of Dallas investors to buy WRR-AM, the city-owned, all-news station that’s up for sale. Not so, says son Bart McLendon, manager of McLendonowned KNUZ-FM in Dallas.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned

Did you know there’s more difference between Fudgsicles and Popsicles than the taste? The taxman does.

In Search of the Better Mousetrap

American ingenuity has produced the telephone, the airplane, and now the breast pillow.

Will Success Spoil Leonel Castillo?

This politician controls the purse strings of the richest city in Texas. And he’s ready for bigger things.

The Party’s Over

The Lord giveth the beach and the developer taketh away.

Let’s Make a Deal

When Dad Joiner signed away all his oil leases to H.L. Hunt, all the cards weren’t on the table. Some were still underground.

Fiendly Persuasion

What LBJ did best was wheel and deal. So what’s wrong with that?

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Physician, Heal Thyself

How a doctor got hooked on drugs, and how he got off.

Where’s My Line?

Is one man one vote just another numbers racket?

The Voice from the Tower

The weirdest student demonstration ever.

The Newest Americans

Pity the poor Vietnamese: so far from home, so close to Beaumont.

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Turning the Other Chic

Politics, like fashion, is a fickle business.

The Best, the Worst, and the Fair-To-Middlin’

Rating the Texas Congressmen from number one to, sigh, number twenty-two.

Dealing

Dope sellers obey the law—of supply and demand.

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So Close, So Far

The natural gas deregulation bill almost made it through the labyrinth of Congress, but not exactly in the way they tell it in the civics books.

Did You Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter?

A strip-mining company made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

The Most Powerful Texans

You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.

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Who Runs Cowtown?

From a long heritage of paternalism Fort Worth gropes toward democracy.

The New Facts of Life

Is doing what comes naturally good enough these days?

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Hugh Aynesworth can’t escape what he witnessed in 1963.

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