Columns

Minutia Man

Somewhere L.M. Boyd has an index card for everything.

Behind the Lines

Prosecution Complex

Being Watergate special prosecutor was hard; writing a book about it was harder.

Demi-Tough

You can’t tell a Frenchman that football’s the wave of the future. But then, you can’t tell a Frenchman much.

Handel with Care

New, authentic recordings of Messiah prove that less is more.

Biz Kids

Balcones Fault is a show band with a head on its shoulders.

It’s Better to Receive

A child’s feelings about Christmas can pretty well be summed up in one word: loot.

The Gene-ing of America

Is it safe to fool with Mother Nature?

Rock’s Road to Success

Sylvester Stallone proves that a boxer‘s rebellion still makes a good story.

Grin and Bearnaise It

Recipes to keep you on the sauce.

Write ‘Em, Cowboy

Poetry is in motion in Texas.

Behind the Lines

Presents of Mind

Turn a few new leaves this holiday season.

Orange Peril

Don’t blame Darrell Royal for all those orange toilet seats.

Saints Alive

New records, old musicians, and all that jazz.

Buying Power

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

Taylor Made

Blues singer Johnnie Taylor worked long and hard to get where he is today—namely Dallas.

Thanks for the Memory

Two rotten apples don’t spoil a good bunch.

Child’s Play

If the sound of children playing is not always music to your ears, don’t worry—you’re normal.

Upwardly Mogul

The tale of the man who made Dallas a film industry capital is no shaggy-dog story.

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Testing, Testing

Dan Jenkins and Bud Shrake find the Limo scene semi-amusing.

A Horse Is Not a Home

Why would any woman risk life and limb on the rodeo circuit? Hint: it’s not for the money.

Something Happened

Why kids don’t grow up the way you want them to.

Accept No Substitutions

Nobody does a Hitchcock film like Hitchcock. Unfortunately, somebody else tried.

Fly Me! I’m Delicious!

Sure you are. And we’re the Knights of the Round Table.

About Face

How to keep your complexion from getting skinned alive.

The Boomsday Book

Why Houston should read it and weep.

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Pall in the Family

Domestic bliss has seen better days than it sees in Shelby Hearon’s new novel.

Shoot the Piano Players

Glenn Gould and Peter Serkin have always beenn far-out, but new recordings suggest a certain mellowing.

Body Politics

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

Will’s Testament

Western swing will never die, and Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys will never retire.

Inside Jobs

Your doctor’s got some new ways of getting under your skin.

Easy Outing

Bingo Long is a baseball movie even a non-fan can love.

Mean Greens

How do you know when an artichoke has come of age?

Only the Loanly

There are five private banks left in Texas. Why?

Behind the Lines

Lend Me Your Era

Why the best years of our lives weren’t.

Hostel Territory

Even in the barren wilderness of West Texas there are a few places where you can feel at home on the range.

Uncommon Market

“Buy now, play later,” says the Dallas Theater Center.

A Midsummer’s Nightmare

If you thought this summer’s film lineup looked promising, pinch yourself. "The Big Bus" and "Logan's Run," are anything but a reviewer's dream.

Your Serve

Tipping is a game of give and take. If all goes well, both waiter and diner do a lot of both.

Barrel of Fun

Introducing the perfect pickle.

Shoot Yourself

Your next home movies may not win any Academy Awards, but at least they don’t have to be rated ZZZZzzzz.

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.

Behind the Lines

Some days it seems like the complaints about restaurant reviews will never stop: “My family and I drove all the way from * * * on the strength of your good ole Anonymous and, like him, we received no special services—all to the tune of $35.15 for four of us.

Sourcery and Whichcraft

Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's latest book "The Final Days" is just too much hocus-pocus.

Making Tracks

The great Canadian railway bizarre.

Fiendly Persuasion

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