Business
March 1, 1990
Boom and Bust
When oil and real estate boomed, a lot of Texans rode the tiger. But the beast turned, and those who weren’t devoured faced the prospect of limping back. It has been a long but not uninteresting trip.
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Being Texan
March 1, 1990
Talking to Texas
Forty-two extraordinary tales from forty-two ordinary Texans.
Health
February 1, 1990
The Codependency Conspiracy
Codependency leaders preach that we are the victims of a psychological plague. It remains to be seen whether they are selling us a valuable insight or merely a bill of goods.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1990
Money, Media, and Magic
Three crucial elements that will determine the outcome of the Texas governor’s race.
Business
February 1, 1990
The $76 Million Divorce
The eldest son of Trammell Crow used his money for drugs, guns, and high living. His wife spent a fortune on personal trainers and self-promotion. Now they’re squaring off in an L.A. divorce court.
Film & TV
February 1, 1990
Lost in Space
Locked away in NASA’s storage vaults was some of the most glorious footage ever filmed. I thought turning it into a movie would be a snap. Ten years later I’ve revised my opinion.
Business
February 1, 1990
The Price of Peace
With the cold war fading into history, Fort Worth’s General Dynamics now has to regard peace as not merely an ideal but an economic reality.
Style & Design
February 1, 1990
The Truth About Texas Beauty
She might have long legs, blond hair, and eyes as blue as a Panhandle sky. But a Texas woman isn’t really beautiful unless she works at it.
Critters
January 1, 1990
Swamp Thing
Snapping turtles are cantankerous, grotesque, and savage. And those are just a few of the reasons I like them.
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 1990
The Call of the Wildman
To find their true masculine selves, wildmen dance and sweat, bond and meditate, renounce their mothers and grunt, “Ho!” I thought, “Hmmm.”
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1990
The Bucks Stop Here
The troubled Parks and Wildlife Department is supposed to protect the state’s natural resources. Instead, it protects its friends and, above all, itself.
News & Politics
December 1, 1989
Teardown
Houston’s West University area was just a quiet, unpretentious neighborhood until the bulldozers moved in. Now everyone’s trying to keep up with the Georgians.
Film & TV
December 1, 1989
Liz and Me
Memories of the filming of ‘Giant’ in Marfa, as recalled by a fan who had the best seat in the house.
Being Texan
December 1, 1989
A Fool and His Money
Why we are so soon parted.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 1989
Wild Forever
Once the private preserve of an oil executive, the 300,000-acre Big Bend Ranch, with all its desert grandeur, has now entered the public domain.
Sports
November 1, 1989
Hotter’n Hell
Cycling a hundred miles is a hard enough way to spend a Saturday. It’s even harder in Wichita Falls in August.
Texas History
November 1, 1989
Cowboy Songs
Five favorites from the wide-open spaces, in words and pictures.
Travel & Outdoors
November 1, 1989
So You’re Stuck at the Airport
Your jet’s lagging. You’re sick of reading and people-watching. Cheer up: just a gate away might be great chili, a shopping mall, or even a place to pray.
Style & Design
November 1, 1989
Creature Comforts
Horns, hooves, and hides for the home.
True Crime
November 1, 1989
Billie Sol Estes Has a Deal for You
The guy whose name is synonymous with swindling is finally a free man—but it may not last.
Texas History
October 1, 1989
Old Salts and Ancient Mariners
In which a landlubber chronicles the saga of getting his sea legs aboard the good ship Elissa.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1989
How Do You Say “Perestroika” In Spanish?
The parallels between Mikhail Gorbachev and Mexico’s Carlos Salinas just might end when it comes to their effectiveness at achieving reform in their nations.
Being Texan
October 1, 1989
Vigil at Treaty Oak
To the people of Austin, the poisoning of an ancient tree was more than a crime; it was a blasphemy.
Business
August 1, 1989
The Texas 100
Wealthy Texans have been heard to say that money is just a way of keeping score. Here's the scoreboard.
Being Texan
August 1, 1989
The Sundown Kids
Once upon a summer, children whiled away their twilight time with outdoor games like Piggy Wants a Whistle, Witch o’ Witch, and Fox Across the River.
Arts & Entertainment
August 1, 1989
Parish the Thought!
FYI: The Houston Post’s new society sleuth has great connections, a phone in her purse, and the complete attention of Houston’s haut monde.
Art
July 1, 1989
The Temple of Destiny
In downtown Mexico City are the ruins of the great Aztec pyramid, the site where one empire ended and a new world began.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1989
On the Defensive
Jim Wright’s attorney Steve Susman is living proof that clients may lose, but lawyers don’t.
Politics & Policy
July 1, 1989
The Mommy War
Kids in T-shirts bearing political slogans, ideological confrontations in the supermarket, skirmishes at the PTA. Welcome to the battle between moms who work and moms who don’t.
True Crime
July 1, 1989
How Not to Rob a Bank
Two nice guys with financial troubles thought they found the perfect solution to the bust. Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Music
July 1, 1989
The Semi-Reluctant Rock Star
How did shy, sweet Edie Brickell become America’s hottest new performer? By sticking to her vision —and doing what the record company told her.
Business
June 1, 1989
The Long, Strange Trip of Ed Bass
Interesting things can happen when a man with an unusual vision also has an unusual amount of money.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1989
The Perfect Hill Country Weekend
An excursion through the best part of Texas, featuring sleepy little towns, clear little streams, pluperfect biscuits, and two-headed goats.
Business
June 1, 1989
Rock Bottom
A series of terrible decisions and bad breaks ruined Gibraltar Savings. Is rescuing it another mistake?
Style & Design
May 1, 1989
Talking Heads
In some Texas establishments it’s hard to tell the boys’ from the girls’.
News & Politics
May 1, 1989
So Near Yet So Far
Rice was created to be a “university of the first rank.” Is it? Will it ever be?
Sports
May 1, 1989
The World’s Greatest Poker Player
Johnny Chan became a champion through nerve and dedication—and every now and then a few good hands.
News & Politics
April 1, 1989
Poisoned by Their Own Home
When the St. Johns returned to their house after having it sprayed for bugs, they discovered why those friendly pest-control people are called exterminators.
Politics & Policy
March 14, 1989
Abortion Street
Sixteen years after Roe v. Wade, all the bitterness and horror of the abortion fight can be found at a single site in Dallas.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1989
The Second Coming
Twenty-five years ago, Texans hoped LBJ would lead them into the promised land. They have the same hopes for the new president, but George Bush is making no promises.
Music
March 1, 1989
Songs of Innocence
In Joe Scruggs’s music Everymom evicts under-the-bed monsters, Everykid remembers on Monday morning the fifteen things he needs for school that day, and Everybody delights in Scruggs’s corny but sensitive portrayal of childhood.
True Crime
March 1, 1989
Search and Destroy
An employee’s vandalism by computer might have gone unpunished but for a rookie prosecutor out to test a new law.
Critters
March 1, 1989
Buddy Maedgen Is Bugged!
The saga of a man and his helpful insects illustrates the age-old battle between visionaries and bureaucrats.
True Crime
March 1, 1989
Forgery, Texas Style
As Texans’ pride of place rose with the price of oil, collectors scrambled for the few documents of the Texas Revolution. Suddenly there seemed to be plenty to go around. But no one thought to ask why.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1989
The Bush League
In George Bush’s Cabinet, Texans are crawling out of the woodwork. Read about their pasts, their pets, their secret passions.
Business
February 1, 1989
The Wooing of Chairman Wang
The decision by a Chinese plastics company to build a billion-dollar plant in Texas proves that economic development works—but it comes at a high price.
News & Politics
January 1, 1989
If These Walls Could Talk
. . . they’d tell a tale of a half-century of Dallas wheeling and dealing
Travel & Outdoors
January 1, 1989
Superbonanza!
Look out, Waxahachie! Here come the Protonettes, the Big Bang Motel, and the Phil Gramm Institute
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1989
Superpolitics
Will Texas’ acquisition of the supercollider increase the state’s clout in Washington? We’d better hope so, because now that we’ve got it, we’ve got to get the money to deliver it
Health
January 1, 1989
Dad’s Last Home
It was the hardest decision I ever had to make. Had the time come to put my father in a nursing home?