The Culture
April 20, 2016
The Doctor Is Out
A day in the life of a mobile large-animal veterinarian.
Columns
Music
April 20, 2016
Reappearing Act
Hayes Carll returns—minus all the boozing, stomping, and hollering.
The Texanist
April 20, 2016
The Texanist: Shouldn’t Fancy Restaurant Steaks Be Better Than Ones I Cook in My Own Backyard?
Forget about Batman vs. Superman. Our advice columnist referees spring vs. fall, Strait vs. Wills, Oatmeal vs. Bacon, and restaurant vs. patron.
The Culture
April 20, 2016
Our Town
How Lubbock’s prairie dogs taught me the meaning of home.
Politics & Policy
April 11, 2016
Round the Bend
Texas’s recent primary season offers a blueprint for how the Republican party could reform itself in the post-Trump era.
News & Politics
March 23, 2016
In Their Own Words
Five Texans on their relationships with guns.
The Texanist
March 23, 2016
The Texanist: Should I Get a License to Carry?
Our estimable advice columnist on firearms, weekend getaways, and how to properly eat a tamal.
Politics & Policy
March 23, 2016
Shop Talk
Mimi Swartz discovers the Texas she remembers in a small cafe in Cisco.
Music
February 24, 2016
Let’s Stay Together
How the Houston R&B band the Suffers overcame the odds.
Business
February 24, 2016
The Aspen of Texas
Pretty soon, Round Top won’t look much like Round Top anymore.
Texas History
February 24, 2016
Rough Rider
On nineteenth-century Texas’s primitive roads, riding on a stage line was hardly a glamorous affair.
Politics & Policy
February 24, 2016
National State of Mind
Texas politics is starting to look a lot like national politics. And that’s not good for the state.
The Texanist
February 24, 2016
The Texanist: Advice on Topo Chico and Old Pickups
Our estimable advice columnist on putting a Tennessean in his place, adding Topo Chico to everything, learning to love a rusty jalopy, and naming Possum Kingdom Lake.
Politics & Policy
January 27, 2016
Hail to the Chief?
Houston greets its new mayor, Sylvester Turner, with a host of big-city problems.
The Texanist
January 27, 2016
The Texanist: Are We Still Texans if We’re Living Out of State?
Our estimable advice columnist on the pronunciation of “Fort Worth,” the pros and cons of spring break south of the border, the best way to deal with the brisket illiterate, and the Texan who mistook himself for a Floridian.
Energy
January 27, 2016
Something in the Air
For a few months every year, life in West Texas is defined by the wind.
Film & TV
January 27, 2016
The American
After decades under the radar, Margo Martindale has turned herself into that rarest of things: a famous character actor.
Business
January 27, 2016
Legal Beef
How a Koch brother and a Texas rancher got crosswise.
The Culture
December 23, 2015
The Eyes Have It
After my father abandoned us I had to grow up fast. And when the chance for payback came, I took it.
Texas History
December 23, 2015
Chief Accessory
Though Quanah Parker and the way of life he represented is long gone, his headdress remains.
Arts & Entertainment
December 23, 2015
The 47-Year Niche
At Dallas’s Kessler Theater, Jeffrey Liles is drawing an audience the music industry often ignores.
Arts & Entertainment
December 23, 2015
Los Miserables
Three academics plumb the rags-to-rags stories that have long been excluded from our state mythology.
The Texanist
December 23, 2015
The Texanist: Is Not Liking Willie Nelson’s Music a Deal Breaker?
Our advice columnist muses on the seeming futility of horse apples, the finer points of knives, the downside of going vegetarian, and whether it’s possible to love a Willie-hater.
Politics & Policy
December 17, 2015
No Refuge
Our governor should not be afraid of Syrian refugees.
The Texanist
November 18, 2015
The Texanist: on the Sanctity of a Pickup Bed
Our advice columnist muses on the sanctity of a pickup’s bed, browses the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, and once again tries to determine who qualifies as a Texan.
Texas History
November 18, 2015
The Great Pyramide
A Christmas carousel built nearly a century and a half ago is a welcome reminder of Texas’s deep German heritage.
Arts & Entertainment
November 18, 2015
Friday Night Lite
The only thing that’s smaller about six-man football is the field.
Film & TV
November 18, 2015
John Wayne, Texan?
No, he wasn’t from here. But that hasn’t stopped us from claiming him as one of our own.
Business
November 12, 2015
Great Planes
The real-life adventures of Leland Snow, the Thomas Edison of agricultural aviation.
Politics & Policy
November 10, 2015
The Ted Offensive
Our junior senator is rising in the polls, but what is his real message?
Business
October 21, 2015
Up in the Air
Five years later, Houston is still mourning the loss of Continental Airlines.
The Texanist
October 21, 2015
The Texanist: How to Pronounce Pecan
Our estimable advice columnist on the origins of Hunt’s boot fence and how miffed we should get about pecan pronunciation, desecrated chili pots, and overenthusiastic, football-lovin’ grandfathers.
The Culture
October 21, 2015
The Wild Life
A dank cabin and a loyal dog—and, eventually, a loving daughter—turned Texas into home.
The Culture
October 21, 2015
Time of Fear
What the story of Ahmed Mohamed and his clock tells us about our culture of hysteria.
The Culture
October 21, 2015
Guest of Honor
The dishes, glassware, and silver that John F. Kennedy never got to use.
The Texanist
September 17, 2015
The Texanist: How to Pick the Country Boy of Your Dreams Out of the Herd
Our estimable advice columnist on finding love in the country, the (unquestioned!) merit of the State Fair, the fulfilling post-rodeo career of a bucking bull, and more.
Music
September 17, 2015
Black Is the New Black
Ten years after his last album, Clint Black has a new record—and the same old attitude.
Film & TV
September 17, 2015
“Let’s Go Dig Up Dom”
The hopelessly devoted, surprisingly normal, not at all creepy cult of Fandango.
Politics & Policy
September 8, 2015
Stinging Indictment
The scandal isn’t Ken Paxton’s alleged crimes. It’s that he was elected in the first place.
Business
August 19, 2015
Whatabattle!
How the iconic burger chain’s attempt to build a bigger, better company alienated some of the people behind its success.
The Texanist
August 14, 2015
The Texanist: How Should a Texan Handle Himself in the Presence of a Small Stinging Insect?
Our estimable advice columnist on how to handle nasty bugs, tobacco-pushing grandpas, and red lights in a one-stoplight town.
Arts & Entertainment
August 13, 2015
The Cowgirl Way
The story behind rodeo star Tad Lucas’s little red riding boots.
Country Notes
August 13, 2015
Greetings From Marfa
A taxonomy of West Texas waves.
Arts & Entertainment
August 13, 2015
All the Way With LBJ
As five new books make clear, our thirty-sixth president refuses to be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Politics & Policy
August 10, 2015
Crossing the Line
The hard truth behind police misconduct in Prairie View and McKinney.
Music
July 23, 2015
Steady as He Goes
How Shakey Graves made the leap from cult figure to major festival draw.
Texas History
July 23, 2015
Father Figure
Stephen F. Austin was a Texas pioneer—of image management.
The Texanist
July 23, 2015
The Texanist: What Should I Do if I Encounter a Tornado While Driving?
Our estimable advice columnist on ducking tornadoes, mom’s new boyfriend’s haircut, the politics of pro football, and the mysterious origins of the Texas sheet cake.
Behind the Lines
July 23, 2015
Time and Punishment
Pamela Colloff writes about the first prosecutor to be disbarred under a new law in Texas.
Business
July 23, 2015
The Other Oil Boom
Texas is poised to become a major player in the olive industry.