Death
Critters
February 18, 2015
Fido Is Survived by His Water Bowl and Six Chew Toys
Considering the pet obituary.
Mimi Swartz
January 20, 2013
Meet the Parent
In the year since my mother died, I’ve learned a lot of things—like how to spend time with my dad.
Web Exclusive
January 20, 2013
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz
After her mother’s death, Mimi Swartz found herself getting to know her father all over again.
Border & Immigration
January 20, 2013
Soldiers of Misfortune
For as long as the U.S. military has patrolled the border in search of drug smugglers, there has been the possibility that an innocent civilian would be killed. The government insists the chance is worth taking. Tell that to the family of Ezequiel Hernandez, Jr.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
The Desert of the Dead
While politicians and bureaucrats endlessly debate the best ways to secure our borders, undocumented immigrants are dying to get into America—literally.
Prudence Mackintosh
April 30, 2012
Dear Jane
My mother-in-law knew how to sew, keep an immaculate house, and dress stylishly. In short, she was nothing like the unpolished young woman who married her son. Perhaps that’s why we loved each other so much.
Health
July 31, 1997
Food Fright
Eating a peanut shouldn’t be a particularly memorable experience, but for Dallasite Mona Cain and countless other allergic Americans, it’s a matter of life and death.
Art
January 1, 1996
Good-bye to a Friend
He braved dangerous criminals, stalked wild wolves, waded into floodwaters, and chased a hurricane down the Texas coast into Mexico, but in a cruel turn of fate he was felled by a tiny insect. Photographer Doug Milner died November 13 after suffering an allergic reaction to a wasp sting at
Feature
January 1, 1996
The Public Hell of Bob Carreiro
A daughter’s gruesome murder became a grieving father’s dark crusade to find her killer and thrust him into an ever-widening spotlight as an advocate for victims of violent crime.
The Culture
January 1, 1996
The 1996 Bum Steer Awards
A year of Anna’s antics, biker Barbara, capsized chiles, Davidians defined, expensive electricity, futile freebies, Gramm gossip, helpful hurricanes, insect ingestion, jousting jurors, king-size kindergartens, lottery litigation, Microsoft misprints, naughty nonagenarians, ostracized Oilers, punching princes, questionable quenching, romantic rhinos, sanctified shooters, topless trading, unfriendly unionists, vetoed vagrants, weird wine, X-posed
Health
April 1, 1981
Passing On
In her darkest, final hours, a young mother turns to a new kind of medical care for help.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1973
Farewell to LBJ: A Hill Country Valediction
Some last words, reverent and irreverent, like Lyndon himself.