Libations
February 28, 2019
With Its New 24|7 Beer, Lone Star Goes on a Diet
It's the National Beer of Texas, but light on the calories and the alcohol.
Lone Star
The Texanist
February 10, 2019
The Texanist: What Are the Ten Best Texas Movies?
A newcomer to the state is looking for a cinematic introduction to his adopted home.
The Texanist
September 16, 2018
The Texanist: Where Have All the Longneck Beer Bottles Gone?
An Austin man is confused by all those new-fangled beer cans at his local grocery store.
The Texanist
April 29, 2018
The Texanist: Are You Getting Tired of the Craft Beer Craze?
An Abilene man wants to know what our brew-lovin' columnist thinks of the mania for newfangled Texas ales.
The Texanist
March 31, 2018
The Texanist: Did Tennessee Give Our Flag the Lone Star?
A Kaufman man vacationing in the Volunteer State hears a claim about the Texas flag that just can't be true. Can it?
Texas History
October 21, 2014
Bottle Rocket
Lone Star was just a brew for dads and cowboys, until Jerry Retzloff helped turn it into the coolest beer in the country.
The Culture
February 26, 2012
Creator of Failed Television Program “Lone Star” Tries Again
Will Kyle Killen's new NBC drama Awake, a cop show starring Jason Isaacs, have better luck than Lone Star, which Fox canceled after two episodes?
Music
March 1, 1997
A Star Is Reborn
A year after Kris Kristofferson’s standout role in Lone Star, Hollywood is still marveling over his comeback. He is too. by Gary Cartwright
Film & TV
July 31, 1996
His Time to Kill
He shone in Lone Star; now he’s thrilling ’em in A Time to Kill. How talent and timing made native Texan Matthew McConaughey Hollywood’s hottest leading man.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 1996
Shooting on the Border
THERE IS AN OBLIGATORY SCENE in every movie about the border between Texas and Mexico: A man draws a line in the dirt with his boot. The line means something different in each movie, and yet, there it is, a narrow little rut in the ground that the characters gesture
Libations
March 1, 1976
Muscling In On Texas Beer
How Coors is setting out to conquer Texas.