Food & Drink
January 1, 2008
Home Groan
One year (okay, two days) of livin’ la vida locavore.
Columns
Border & Immigration
January 1, 2008
Bridge Game
What it used to be like to cross the border.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 2007
No Niño Left Behind
What part of “demography is destiny” does Texas not get?
Letter from San Antonio
December 1, 2007
Boom With A View
There’s no stopping the skyrocketing growth of San Antonio—until recently the Land That Time Forgot—and there’s no going back.
Letter From Houston
December 1, 2007
Reversal of Fortune
How Houston’s rich got to be the same as you and me—that is, boring.
Sarah Bird
December 1, 2007
Craigslust
Suburban mom seeks motorcycle jacket.
Politics & Policy
October 31, 2007
43 Skiddoo
Exit George W. Bush. Enter . . . change.
Prudence Mackintosh
October 31, 2007
A Dog’s Life
My adventures with Mr. Brown.
Kinky Friedman
October 31, 2007
Reform Follows Function
When I ran for governor, I saw firsthand everything that was wrong with our state’s political system. That’s why I know how to fix it.
Michael Ennis
October 31, 2007
Modern Problems
What Dallas has in common with Beijing—and why their shared vision of the twenty-first-century world must carry the day.
Prudence Mackintosh
September 30, 2007
Twice as Nice
The effortless goodwill of my high school reunion weekend.
Letter From Marfa
September 30, 2007
One Hundred Boxes
Space, time, and Donald Judd reconsidered.
Oscar Casares
September 30, 2007
The Waiting Game
I was a server at Pappasito’s for a week. It felt like a lifetime.
Sports
September 30, 2007
Endless Summerall
What the double-breasted buffoons in today’s broadcast booths can learn from a legend of the game.
Behind the Lines
September 30, 2007
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Karl Rove’s mixed legacy.
Antonya Nelson
August 31, 2007
Side Track
Near the end of his sophisticated, stimulating life, my father played with toy trains. It was a hobby none of us could understand.
Gary Cartwright
August 31, 2007
The Terror of Tarrytown
How the owner of the first shopping center in Austin is destroying it—one banned candy bar at a time.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 2007
Speaker for Life!
Don’t bet against Tom Craddick.
Letter From Dallas
July 31, 2007
Leppert Colony
In the ninth-largest city in America, boring is the new exciting.
Michael Ennis
July 31, 2007
Centered
Where the great silent majority is taking politics, here and elsewhere.
Behind the Lines
July 31, 2007
School for Scandal
Texas Southern University’s missed opportunity.
Sarah Bird
July 31, 2007
The Triptych to Bountiful
Let’s go to the science fair!
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 2007
Land That I Love
Since 2002, Palo Duro Canyon State Park has grown from about 16,000 acres to more than 26,000. That’s a good start.
Don Graham
June 30, 2007
Dunces of Confederacy
What to do about those controversial statues on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
Behind the Lines
June 30, 2007
Everything Is Illuminated
The Best and Worst list explained.
Sarah Bird
June 30, 2007
Hog Wild
I subject myself to yet another seminal Texas experience: the hunt.
Antonya Nelson
May 31, 2007
Inimitable Ink
Why I have James Salter—and Andypants—to thank for my new tattoo.
News & Politics
May 31, 2007
“The President Is Dead, You Know”
What the late LBJ confidant Jack Valenti remembered about the longest day of his life.
Gary Cartwright
May 31, 2007
The Iconoclast
A liberal newspaperman in George W. Bush’s backyard.
Behind the Lines
May 31, 2007
Road Warrior
How Ric Williamson became public enemy number one.
Sarah Bird
May 31, 2007
No Ifs, Abs, Or Butts
My instructor is a Flabbo Nazi, and other tales from the aerobics wars.
Abraham Verghese
April 30, 2007
None-A-Day
The argument in favor of vitamins goes like this: “Don’t ask us why or how they work. We know. Have faith.” Well, I don’t.
Letter from San Antonio
April 30, 2007
The Good Wife
Mary Alice Cisneros loved, honored, and cherished Henry’s political career. Now it’s her turn.
Behind the Lines
April 30, 2007
A Bronx Tale
Ruth. Gehrig. Mantle. Jeter. Ohlendorf? All of Austin, and Texas, is waiting to see if one of the newest New York Yankees earns his ’stripes.
Sarah Bird
April 30, 2007
Lark of The Covenant
Bill Zedler’s plan to keep me married—forever.
Letter From Dallas
March 31, 2007
The Damage Done
We stand alone among the fifty states in our refusal to legitimize a proven method of disease prevention: needle exchange for drug users. It’s time to change that.
Anthony Giardina
March 31, 2007
Standard Bearer
Why I love Ray Price (and you should too).
Michael Ennis
March 31, 2007
How We Blew It
Remember all that talk of tipping the balance of history on a fulcrum of those “Texas values” everyone was crowing about?
News & Politics
March 31, 2007
More Power To Him?
Our weak governor asserts his strength.
Sarah Bird
March 31, 2007
The Price Is Rite
Getting in touch with my inner bargain hunter.
Letter From Nocona
March 1, 2007
Glove Story
Why an iconic sporting-goods company survived a devastating fire.
Sports
March 1, 2007
Go Fire Yourself!
It’s the best thing Jerry Jones could do for the Cowboys.
Behind the Lines
March 1, 2007
The Secret History
The real reason to worry about the Bush library.
Sarah Bird
March 1, 2007
Good-bye, Mrs. Chips
My short, happy life as a poker player.
Abraham Verghese
February 1, 2007
Bedside Manners
In the high-tech, test-obsessed world of modern medicine, percussion is fast becoming a lost art, and that’s bad for both patients and doctors.
Gary Cartwright
February 1, 2007
Tex-Mex and The City
You didn’t think the fight over Austin’s Las Manitas was about a restaurant, did you?
Behind the Lines
February 1, 2007
Animal House
The wild and woolly Speaker’s race.
Sarah Bird
February 1, 2007
Tour De Farce
The absurdity of the college visit (and why you should leave your kids at home).
Michael Ennis
January 1, 2007
The Mighty Metroplex
Just a few years after nearly being written off the map, the region has become a roaring engine of growth and social transformation.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2007
Minority Report
What the Hispanic vote tells us.