Houston

Post Script

The only surprise about the closing of Houston’s oldest papers was that it took so long.

By Paul Burka

Pine and Agony

By Paul Burka

Biting the Bullet

If you plan to pack heat, you’ll have to go to school first. Here’s what you’re in for.

By Gary Cartwright

Entrance of the Zapatista Army into San Cristobal, 1994

By Texas Monthly

Great Mexpectations

By Evan Smith

Roky Road

By Joe Nick Patoski

Heroes and Villains

By Paula Mitchell Marks

Fear and Loathing

Houston’s gonzo TV reporter Wayne Dolcefino is the best show in town.

By Alex Hecht

When Bush Comes to Shove

By Paul Burka

The Crying Game

When Houston’s pro sports teams collapse late in the season—as they may do this year—faithful fans like me are never surprised. We’ve almost come to expect it.

By Robert Draper

The Louie File

Just how good were the good ol' days, when Louie Welch was mayor of Houston?

By Mimi Swartz

In the Wings

Backstage at the Houston Ballet is a world of pastel shadows, brilliant spangles, and anxious waiting.

By W. L. Taitte

The Training Ground

To wind up on top in the news business, it pays to start at the bottom.

By Dan Rather

Fantasy Island

It’s a high-rise developer’s dream. Houston’s old guard wants to turn 34 acres of downtown warehouses into an island of classy shops and pricey condos. They thought they had it wired, until Kathy Whitmire was elected mayor.

By Joseph Nocera

Johnson & Johnson

In a glass-and-steel world of Houston skyscrapers, there was nothing like an art deco obelisk or a pink Gothic cathedral until architect Philip Johnson.

By Lisa Germany

Main Street

It’s Houston's driveway, a twenty-mile kaleidoscope of bankers, punkers, strippers, surgeons, students, grackles, and cars.

By Stephen Harrigan

Easy Street

Houston’s black elite have come a very long way to live in MacGregor Way, the swankiest black neighborhood in Texas, but they still don’t feel safe.

By Lawrence Wright

Heavy Breathing

Houston’s air may be a slow killer, but the state and the feds spend more time battling each other than fighting pollution.

By Victoria Loe

The Mistress and the Muscleman

A tale of passion in the double-knit aristocracy.

By Jim Atkinson

Why Is Houston Falling Apart?

Because nobody at city hall is doing his job, that’s why.

By Paul Burka

Three Gentlemen, One Ghost, and a Skyscraper

The intrigue behind the building of Houston’s Texas Commerce Tower was almost as monumental as the 75-story structure itself.

By John Bloom

Houston is Better Than Dallas

It is boorish, cluttered, aggravating, rich, beautiful, explosive, titillating, cosmopolitan, endearing, and has a full head of steam.

By Harry Hurt III

Dallas Is Better Than Houston

Big D is not called Big D for nothing.

By A. C. Greene

What’s Red, White, and Blue . . . And Orange All Over?

The Orange Show’s 75-year-old creator, Jeff McKissack, still goes dancing and is sure he will live to be a hundred.Never heard of the Orange Show? Then you’ve missed a razzle-dazzle piece of American folk art—an amusement park/sideshow that looks like a topless castle designed by a committee

By William Martin

Big Deal

Did the Sharpstown Scandal really make any difference?

By Paul Burka

Six West

Staying alive day by day . . . by day.

By Stephen Harrigan

So Long, Cosmic Cowboys

One giant step backward for the Moonmen.

By Al Reinert

Publishing: Christy Haubegger

Pitching to a rich niche.

By Jason Cohen