Politics & Policy
August 12, 2013
Paul of the Wild
Ron Paul may be out of office, but he’s still trying to save the country from itself.
Reporter
Critters
August 12, 2013
The Black-tailed Prairie Dog
They might be blond, but they ain’t stupid.
Music
July 15, 2013
No Strings Attached
After years as an in-demand fiddle payer, Amanda Shires is redefining herself as a boundary-breaking singer-songwriter. Emphasis on “writer.”
Film & TV
July 15, 2013
Enchanted Forest
Longview’s Forest Whitaker is having the sort of year that should put him in the Hollywood elite once and for all.
Style & Design
July 15, 2013
Girl Scout
Scouring the mall for America’s next top model.
Politics & Policy
July 15, 2013
Helping Hands Off
Why Republicans were wrong to be outraged when FEMA denied disaster aid to West.
The Culture
July 15, 2013
5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in August
1. Abbott FormingThe moment Rick Perry announced that he was not running for a fourth full term as governor, all eyes turned to Attorney General Greg Abbott, who instantly became the most powerful Republican in the state. The 55-year-old Wichita Falls native has long been viewed as a serious candidate
Critters
July 15, 2013
The Texas Brown Tarantula
You think you’re scared. Clarence here is about to mate for the first time. After which he’ll be killed and eaten.
Business
July 15, 2013
Dell and Back
Can the company that changed personal computing muster a second act?
Sports
July 15, 2013
Generation Y’s X’s and O’s
Texas Tech’s new head coach is disarmingly young, stylish, and hip. He also seems to have the Midas touch.
Politics & Policy
July 5, 2013
The Good Soldier
George Bush strives for a higher command.
Film & TV
June 10, 2013
Miss Conventionality
Thought winning an Oscar would make Sandra Bullock take chances? Think again.
Food & Drink
June 10, 2013
Juan Marquez, Baker
“[The bakery] was our business, our living room, and our bedroom. Heck, it was even my nursery.”
Reporter
June 10, 2013
The Re-Searchers
Why, in books and movies (not to mention politics), we keep returning to the epic frontier struggle between the Comanche and the Texas Rangers.
Politics & Policy
June 10, 2013
Five Things You’ll be Talking About in July
1. How Dry We AreWhen the heat has even the grackles lying low, the pleasure of a swimming hole cold enough to knock the breath out of you is limitless. Alas, water is not, a truism sorely evident to the residents of the Hill Country town of Wimberley, where
Music
June 10, 2013
Industrial Strength
Ministry’s Al Jourgensen almost died, repeatedly, before he decided that life was worth living. In El Paso.
Being Texan
June 10, 2013
Act of Faith
Once a year, a San Antonio congregation relives Jesus’ last days—and leaves the cellphones at home.
Critters
June 10, 2013
The Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle
It’s hard out there for a turtle. Especially one that’s endangered, y’all.
Food & Drink
June 10, 2013
The Qui Ingredient
The shy, edgy, friendly, shaggy, hardworking genius behind the most anticipated new Texas restaurant in years.
Critters
May 16, 2013
The Greater Roadrunner
Eats scorpions. Mates for life. Doesn't really say, "Beep, beep!"
Politics & Policy
May 15, 2013
The Gene Powell Interview: Part One
The University of Texas Board of Regents chairman on the controversies over higher education and the future of learning.
Music
May 13, 2013
The Happy Rapper
The days and nights of the hardest-working Nigerian American in Houston hip-hop.
The Culture
May 13, 2013
Little Boy Blues
As my son graduates from college, I’m learning to say goodbye to him—again.
Politics & Policy
May 13, 2013
The Afterlife
In Dallas, our newly not-so-unpopular forty-third president tries to bend the arc of history’s judgment.
Politics & Policy
May 13, 2013
5 Things You’ll Be Talking About in June
According to the Rick Perry camp, sometime this month our governor will announce whether he plans to run for Texas's top office yet again.
Politics & Policy
May 10, 2013
Old College Try
Gene Powell, the University of Texas Board of Regents chairman, on the controversies over higher education and the future of learning.
Books
May 10, 2013
Child of God
Taylor Stevens gets her revenge, one best-selling thriller at a time.
Working Life
April 11, 2013
Tracey Zettner, Oil and Gas Sales Representative
“I haven’t thought about the bust or what I’ll do then. I live one day at a time. I’ll go with it as long as I can.”
Critters
April 11, 2013
Best in Show
Training the wayward pups of Houston’s rich and famous.
Film & TV
April 10, 2013
Roiling on the River
In his next film, "Mud," Austin filmmaker Jeff Nichols tackles the novel that Hemingway once called the source of all modern American literature.
Politics & Policy
April 10, 2013
Paranoia Is the New Stupid
Acting like a rube used to be the best way to get ahead in politics. Now something crazier is required.
Lookout
April 10, 2013
5 Things You’ll be Talking About in May
1. Independent WomanOn May 24, Twentieth Century Fox will release the computer-animated movie Epic, in which Beyoncé, arguably the biggest star of our time, will voice the role of Queen Tara, the empress of a microscopic kingdom. What could be more appropriate?Think about it. Over the past year or so,
Music
April 10, 2013
The Patty Griffin Effect
Her new boyfriend is a legend. But her new album is even more exciting than her personal life.
Critters
April 9, 2013
The Chupacabra
Whatever you do, don’t ask him if he’s real.
Border & Immigration
April 9, 2013
Darkest Before the Dawn
Alfredo Corchado’s tragic, hopeful vision of Mexico’s emergence from an era of blood and fear.
Music
March 15, 2013
The Steve and Edie Show
What happened when a wild and crazy guy teamed up with a New Bohemian.
Texas History
March 11, 2013
Sarah Haldeman, Presidential Archivist
“I get to see things other people don’t get to see.”
The Culture
March 11, 2013
Days of Heaving
Terrence Malick is suddenly making a lot of movies. That’s the good news.
The Culture
March 11, 2013
Wiman’s Rites
The West Texan editor of Poetry magazine leaves his plum gig for divinity school.
The Culture
March 11, 2013
Mrs. Clean
Running a halfway house for female ex-cons.
Politics & Policy
March 11, 2013
Founding Firearms
Texans don’t love guns just because we’re Texans.
Music
March 11, 2013
Hometown Blues
Steve Earle on leaving Texas, kicking drugs, and watching himself die on TV.
The Culture
March 11, 2013
The Bust of Times
Can Texas’s oil and natural gas boom keep going forever?
The Culture
February 20, 2013
6 Things You’ll Be Talking About In March
1. Bills,Bills, BillsThe calendar says that the Eighty-third Legislature began on January 8, but insiders know the real action doesn’t begin until 59 days later. Oh, there are plenty of speeches and resolutions during the first two months, recognizing groups like the Texas Association of Health Underwriters. But the tone changes
Film & TV
February 12, 2013
Dazed and Amazed
Has Richard Linklater just completed the greatest trilogy in film history?
Music
February 12, 2013
It’s All Relatives
How a Dallas gospel-funk band reunited after thirty years of silence to set the world on fire.
News & Politics
February 12, 2013
Sons of Sam
Leadership is lacking in Texas. O Houston, where art thou?
Critters
February 12, 2013
The Alligator Gar
The most misunderstood swamp creature of them all.
Politics & Policy
February 12, 2013
Money Makes the World Go Round
Money makes the world go round - Susan Combs on budgets, borrowing, and race cars.
The Culture
February 12, 2013
Still Searching
A new book looks at the links between Cynthia Ann Parker and an iconic John Ford western.