Arts & Entertainment
February 1, 1984
The Training Ground
To wind up on top in the news business, it pays to start at the bottom.
Profile
Sports
January 1, 1984
Gambling on the Gamblers
Jerry Argovitz made himself unpopular with NFL management as an abrasive player’s agent. Now that he owns Houston’s new football team, he finds himself on the other side of the table—and the issues.
September 1, 1983
Texas, a Long, Long, Long, Long, Time Ago
When armadillos weighed three tons and the long horns were on dinosaurs.
Art
May 1, 1983
Larger Than Life
Tom Lea, the grand old man of Texas painting, grew up among giants. No wonder he always used a big canvas.
Sports
April 1, 1983
Hell on Wheels
In which John Howard, our toughest athlete, goes after a world bicycle record and hopes america will care.
Style & Design
March 1, 1983
Lyndon Johnson, Hairdresser, Prepares for Battle
The long afternoons of the best friend the rich women of Houston have ever had.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1983
The Making of a Congressman
Twelve ran, Mike Andrews won. A saga of ambition, money, power, courage, and the nature of urban politics in Texas.
Travel & Outdoors
October 1, 1982
On the Wing
Roy Kendall, self-taught lepidopterist, would want you to add this to the list of reasons for living in Texas: nowhere else in the U.S. are there so many beautiful and unusual butterflies.
News & Politics
July 1, 1982
The Texas Edison
A Dallas engineer you’ve probably never heard of has done more to change our daily lives than almost anyone else alive. How? He invented the silicon chip.
Music
June 1, 1982
A Singin’ Fool
George Jones really lives the way he says he lives in the songs he sings.
Art
June 1, 1982
His Name Was Forrest Bess
He was wildly eccentric, he lived in a shanty on the Gulf, he subsisted as a bait fisherman, he had bizarre notions of eternal life. He may have been the best artist Texas has ever produced.
Sports
September 1, 1981
Carl Lewis and the Exquisite Science of Jumping
All this twenty-year-old University of Houston student wants to do is jump farther and run faster than anyone else ever has.
Being Texan
July 1, 1981
A Simple Man
Archbishop Patrick Flores acts like a country priest, but he has a tough job: he is the most powerful Catholic clergyman in Texas, and perhaps the most powerful Mexican American as well.
Politics & Policy
May 1, 1981
The Governor’s New Clothes
Bill Clements, unmasked at last.
Being Texan
April 1, 1981
God’s Angry Man
Evangelist James Robison is using the pulpit, prime time television, and Cullen Davis to try to save the world.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1980
Why I Turned In Lee Otis Johnson
When black militant Lee Otis Johnson got out of prison his old friends welcomed him with open arms. Later, some of them wished they hadn’t.
Sports
June 1, 1980
Spit and Polish
If throwing a spitball is an art, Gaylord Perry is Michelangelo.
Sports
March 1, 1980
Termite Watkins and the Fatal Pancakes
In a big fight you can outwit, outhit, or outlast your opponent. But you’d better not try to outeat him.
Music
February 1, 1980
Rock ’N’ Roll’s Wizard of Oz
How Gordon McLendon stormed Texas with Top 40 . . . da doo ron ron.
Business
December 1, 1979
Picking Up the Pieces
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Ask your garbageman.
Business
October 1, 1979
The Man Who Built River Oaks
Architect John Staub, the forgotten genius of River Oaks, transformed a few nondescript Houston streets into Millionaires’ Row.
Politics & Policy
August 1, 1979
Say, Have You Heard the One About Cactus Pryor?
Don’t look now, but the rather odd gentleman with the suspicious accent and outlandish military getup may not be exactly what he seems.
Business
October 1, 1978
The Last of the Great Ladies
Oveta Culp Hobby has gone from a country town to a position of power and wealth. What she hasn’t done will also be her legacy.
Music
May 1, 1978
Little Joe
Amid blaring trumpets, raised fists, bottles of beer, and a cheering mob stands the king of Saturday night.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1976
What Does This Woman Want?
Is Barbara Jordan really worth all the fuss?
True Crime
January 1, 1976
Is Jay J. Armes For Real?
A real-life detective caper, complete with surprise ending.
Sports
February 1, 1973
The Lonely Blues of Duane Thomas
Why the best runner in pro football ran right out of the game.