Gary Cartwright
March 1, 2009
Hostile Makeover
Nobody told me an eyebrow plucking would hurt this much!
Columns
Letter From Houston
March 1, 2009
Going Out In Style
A Houston funeral home where the dead do not go modestly into that good night.
Behind the Lines
March 1, 2009
The Grand Gesture
Why Texans stand out in crowds.
Sarah Bird
February 1, 2009
Dishing
Eating high on the hog when you’re low on the totem pole.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 2009
Indivisible Man
Was January 20 really the dawn of a new and more inclusive age?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2009
Poi Dog Pondering
An open letter to the president-elect.
Michael Ennis
January 1, 2009
The New New Deal
What University of Texas historian H. W. Brands’s new biography of Franklin Roosevelt tells us about the Obama administration.
Health
January 1, 2009
The Long Goodbye
I’ve treated hundreds of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. Now the disease is stealing my own father.
Sarah Bird
December 1, 2008
The Goodbye Boy
My only son is leaving for college, and I’m weeping through Mamma Mia! Lord help me.
Oscar Casares
December 1, 2008
Grass Roots
My father was passionate about lawn care. Me? Not so much.
Letter From Austin
December 1, 2008
The Unusual Suspects
The arson of the Governor’s Mansion in June was as mystifying as it was heartbreaking. Could Austin anarchists have been to blame?
Politics & Policy
December 1, 2008
Two-Party Animal
Why November 4 was a good day for everyone.
Letter From Dallas
October 31, 2008
Don’t Forget Jenny
Why everyone in Dallas is talking about a depressed elephant.
Kinky Friedman
October 31, 2008
Only the Lonely
How I came to know the hermit of Echo Hill.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 2008
The Drill Team
Is the answer to our energy crisis really offshore?
Politics & Policy
September 30, 2008
Inflexible Fliers
Both parties have wrapped themselves in the mantle of change this year. Only one appears capable of making it happen.
Sarah Bird
September 30, 2008
Hard Knocks
Introducing the Dean of Doors, in all his doorificence.
Antonya Nelson
August 31, 2008
Let’s Talk About Sex
The birds and the bees and my kids and me.
Letter From Washington, DC
August 31, 2008
Leave It To Weaver
Who better to diagnose John McCain’s woes than the man who used to be his Karl Rove?
Kinky Friedman
August 31, 2008
What Are The Odds?
My little gambling problem.
Patricia Kilday Hart
July 31, 2008
Troubled Waters
The inside story of the Aggie sailing tragedy.
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
July 31, 2008
Bad Mexican
What kind of Latina am I if I can’t speak Spanish?
Sarah Bird
July 31, 2008
Lactation Nation
Putting the fun in fun bags! The mommy in mommy muffins! (I could go on.)
Politics & Policy
June 30, 2008
Mission Impossible
Why we should end the war in Iraq.
Mimi Swartz
June 30, 2008
Tour de Farce
Only yesterday, it seems, my mother was taking me to visit colleges. A second later, here I am, enduring this rite of passage from the other side.
Books
June 30, 2008
Please Go Away
Cormac McCarthy’s ubiquity problem.
Kinky Friedman
June 30, 2008
The Cable Guy
The match made in hell that is Bill O’Reilly and me.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 2008
End of The Road
During all but two of the past twenty years, someone named Bush had led our nation or led our state. Now we’re moving on.
Business
May 31, 2008
The Kitchen Is Closed
Forty years ago, Pete Dominguez and his Mexican restaurants were the toast of Dallas. Now he’s alone, broke, and nearly forgotten.
Sarah Bird
May 31, 2008
This Year’s Model
Hey, captains of industry: If Dr. Evil can have a Mini Me, why can’t the rest of us?
Letter From Houston
April 30, 2008
Girl, Interrupted
Houston’s most famous teenage killer is trying to reclaim her life and move on.
News & Politics
April 30, 2008
No Place Like Home
Bienvenidos a Farmers Branch, the headline-worthy Dallas suburb where the biggest hard-liner on illegal immigration could soon be known as Mr. Mayor.
Kinky Friedman
April 30, 2008
The Four Questions
How would Jesus answer them? How will you?
Politics & Policy
April 30, 2008
Almost Blue
What the massive Democratic turnout says about the political landscape in Texas.
Letter from Stephenville
March 31, 2008
The Searcher
When a UFO streaks across our skies— c’mon, the truth is out there!—Ken Cherry gets to work.
True Crime
March 31, 2008
The Night in Question
Thirty years later, we still don’t know who murdered Border Patrol agent Jose Gamez. Or maybe we do.
Politics & Policy
March 31, 2008
Fed Up
An FBI investigation is only the latest of El Paso’s problems.
Sports
March 31, 2008
Truth and Consequences
Roger Clemens may be worthy of the Congressional testimony Hall of Shame, but should we really be so freaked out about his supposed steroid use?
Sarah Bird
March 31, 2008
In a Lather
My Petco encounter with a shampoo celebrity.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 2008
The Democraddick Primary
It’s the only election that matters.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 2008
Bear Market
The historic showdown between Texas and California has been a cold war, a simmering ideological feud between two great powers. And the winner (for now) is . . .
Politics & Policy
March 1, 2008
Chuck It
How soon before the Harris County DA makes his exit? Not soon enough.
Antonya Nelson
March 1, 2008
The Easier Life
My Mexican housekeeper’s son had the troubles of many American teens. If only I could have helped him more.
Academia
February 1, 2008
MEET the DePRESSed
The digital natives are restless, and traditional journalism just won’t cut it.
Patricia Kilday Hart
February 1, 2008
Army of One
There is no more important job than reshaping the military to confront a dark and dangerous future—and Pete Geren is reporting for duty.
Behind the Lines
February 1, 2008
Tomorrow Never Dies
The perils of prediction.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 2008
Will to Power
After the Texas Youth Commission imploded last year, one of the state’s fiercest advocates for criminal justice reform was tapped to help rebuild. Inside his yet-to-be-completed slog.
Sarah Bird
February 1, 2008
Geezer Nation
Greetings from Snowbirdlandia! Wish you were old.
Texas History
January 1, 2008
What a Crockett!
There should be no mystery about the latest artifact of “history.”
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2008
The Capitol Press Corpse
Is it really time to pronounce the body?