Travel & Outdoors
September 1, 1975
Mexico on Five Words a Day
The best places to study Spanish in Mexico.
Longreads
Libations
August 31, 1975
The Truth about Tequila
From machismo to counterculture in one decade.
Health
July 31, 1975
The Hottest Place in the Whole U.S.A.
How the Texas heat can sap your energy, dull your intelligence, send you to an early grave, and make you sweat.
Hunting & Fishing
July 1, 1975
Tales of Shrimp
Out on the Gulf in a small boat, searching for the makings of shrimp cocktails, shrimp baskets, and shrimp salads.
True Crime
April 30, 1975
This Man Loves Car Wrecks More than Anyone Else in the World
For A.O. Pipkin, happiness is a head-on collision he wasn’t in.
Being Texan
April 30, 1975
The Greatest Experience of Your Life
Climbing the social ladder, and other exercises at Hill Country summer camps.
News & Politics
February 28, 1975
Pomp and Circumstance
The private life of a public high school.
Film & TV
January 1, 1975
The Naked and the D.A.
The war against pornography can get dirty.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1974
The Unveiling of Lloyd Bentsen
The White House is the only challenge left.
True Crime
September 30, 1974
The Strange Power of Fred Carrasco
He left a police department, a mayor, and fifty bodies in his wake.
Music
September 30, 1974
Growing Old at Willie Nelson’s Picnic
What is it like to miss the sexual revolution (and some others) by a mere handful of years?
Feature
July 31, 1974
Waiting for the Train
While you’re waiting at the depot, Amtrak bickers with Washington, railway moguls, and itself.
News & Politics
April 30, 1974
Witch-Hunt
Witches are where you find them. But where is that?
Politics & Policy
March 31, 1974
Bob and George Go to Washington or The Post-Watergate Scramble
The GOP and Democratic chairmen are both from Texas. Right there the similarity ends, or begins, no, ends.
Film & TV
February 28, 1974
Leavin’ McMurtry
Leaving Cheyenne, which may be Larry McMurtry’s best novel, is made into a miserable movie. This is how it happened.
News & Politics
November 1, 1973
Cops as Junkies
Those who enforce our narcotics laws often use the stuff themselves.
Sports
November 1, 1973
Tom Landry: Melting the Plastic Man
Behind the mask is a man of God, a man devoted to the all-American goal of winning the all-American game as few have done before him.
Texas History
September 30, 1973
Closing Down La Grange
An Aggie views the closing of the Chicken Ranch. George Washington didn't sleep there, but many famous and unfamous Texans did.
Texas History
August 31, 1973
The Death of the Marlboro Man
Old Glory is a long way from Madison Avenue, and Bigun Bradley probably knew it.
Hunting & Fishing
August 31, 1973
Texas Monthly Hunting Guide
A veteran hunter and guide tells how it's done.
Sports
July 31, 1973
Inside the World Series of Poker
Big-time poker players don't worry about luck; they don't need it.
True Crime
July 31, 1973
Crime: The Way It’s Done
Crime is a craft and has its secrets.
News & Politics
March 1, 1973
So Long, Cosmic Cowboys
One giant step backward for the Moonmen.
Sports
February 1, 1973
Tuning in Dandy Don
Don Meredith brings football and TV into focus.
Sports
February 1, 1973
The Lonely Blues of Duane Thomas
Why the best runner in pro football ran right out of the game.