Politics & Policy
June 30, 1980
Behind the Lines
Once again our presidential candidates are promising to get the government under control. Here’s why they won’t.
Politics & Policy
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Politics & Policy
May 31, 1980
The Bean Squawk
A lot of farmers and gardeners think Congressman Kika de la Garza is a pest.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1980
Behind the Lines
None of the old clichés about voluntarism are true except this one: it works.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1980
The Star-Crossed Palm of Billy Clayton
This is the question: is it a crime to be politically inept?
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1980
Behind the Lines
Democracy in America
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
The Tragedy of Bob Bullock
Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, built a powerful state agency. Then Bob Bullock, in his flamboyant style, was seduced by its power.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Forgetting free trade, scrapping our factories, and other modest solutions to our economic troubles.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
No news is bad news.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Why Houston has the best schools in the state.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1980
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven . . .
The Panhandle is home for the country’s only H-bomb assembly plant. Aren’t you glad we told you?
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1980
Behind the Lines
Two questions about school desegregation: Is busing the only way? Are integrated schools inferior?
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
If the eighties are here, where did the seventies go.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1979
The New Apartment Slums
Behind the gleaming facades of many new apartment villages are the crumbling walls of next year’s urban blight.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1979
The Truth About John Connally
There are two questions about John Connally: Is he good enough to be president? Is he too bad to be president?
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
A modest proposal for the eighties.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1979
After the Fall
Nicaragua’s new junta may discover it’s easier to depose a dictator than to rebuild a ravaged country.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
Give me land, lots of land . . .
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1979
Up the Creek
Everyone in Austin loves sparkling Barton Creek—especially the developers.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1979
Behind the Lines
Waltzing across Texas.
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.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1979
Behind the Lines
Running on Empty.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
Fill ‘er up, but don’t spill any gas on my Ralph Lauren boots.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Chinks in the Armor
If the Soviet Union and the United States fought a nuclear war, no one would win. But who would win a conventional war?
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Hell on Wheels
Soldiers at Fort Hood agree on one thing: You don’t have to be crazy to be in the Tank Corps—but it helps.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
I Hate You!
Although Texans make good friends, they make even better enemies.
Politics & Policy
June 1, 1979
Night Moves
For legislators in Austin, home is where the bar is.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1979
Ben Barnes is Still Running
The former boy wonder of Texas politics has found a new career. Still, old habits die hard.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1979
Behind the Lines
On winning the National Magazine Award.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
The Firing Line
The first shot in Clements’ campaign to cut 25,000 state employees fells 68 casualties.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
The medical miasma.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1979
Have Guns, Will Travel
Do you want a rare antique muzzle-loader or a holdup pistol that can’t be traced? You can find them both at a gun show.
Politics & Policy
March 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
A farewell to celebrities and to arms.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Rebel with a Cause
Can a Texas revolutionary find happiness exiled in Europe? Not when his revolution is in Mexico.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
The Seep of Death
Chemical waste disposal sits are environmental time bombs-if they don’t get you know, they’ll get you later.
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Billy Lee
How a bountifully talented young Texas writer based a novel on Lyndon Johnson, won high praise, and then…
Politics & Policy
February 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
As New Ulm went, so goes New York.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Six Crises
It will be up to the 66th Legislature to solve these problems, and we’ll have to live with the solutions.
Politics & Policy
January 1, 1979
Behind the Lines
Stone walls do not a prison make.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1978
A Call to Farms
The Rockefellers are coming, and J.C. Lewis thinks they’re after the American farmer.
Politics & Policy
December 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
A funny thing happened on the way to the governor’s office.
Politics & Policy
November 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Good-bye to Main Street.
Politics & Policy
September 30, 1978
Ticket to Ride?
For the Republicans this fall, it may be a trip to oblivion.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
The Enemy Within
Remember the great campaign against drugs? Dueling enforcement agencies have turned it into a civil war.
Politics & Policy
August 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Bringing it all back home.
Politics & Policy
July 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
Stalking elusive birds and energy czars.
Politics & Policy
June 30, 1978
Behind the Lines
The uselessness of college.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1978
Behind the Lines
What energy crisis?
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1978
Behind the Lines
Why we don’t endorse candidates.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Election Tip Sheet
The dark horses, heavy favorites, and close calls of this year’s big elections.
Politics & Policy
April 1, 1978
Behind the Lines
Requiem for a heavyweight.