Spring Breaking Away – Texas Monthly
It’s Sunday in March 1990 when Manuel calls me to say he’s mobile with a new car and…
How a New Generation Is Reviving Small-Town Texas – Texas Monthly
This article originally appeared in the August 2018 issue with the headline “Small-Town Revival!” Richard Platt and his…
How to Find a $70,000 Treasure Hidden Somewhere in Texas
The town of Comanche straddles U.S. 67 on a flat, featureless stretch of a region variously known as…
Bernie in Hell – Texas Monthly
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SXSW Sells a Vision of the Future. Does It Have One of Its Own?
In the days and weeks before the City of Austin pulled the plug on South by Southwest in…
The Meltdown Over Texas A&M
Few places on the main campus of Texas A&M University bear a stronger connection to the school’s civic…
Dr. No – Texas Monthly
Imagine, for a moment, the perfect congressman. Though he works in Washington, D.C., a city of shameless opportunism,…
The Texas Renaissance Festival Is in an Era of Uncertainty
When a cannon boomed on a Saturday morning in October, marking the official start of another season of…
Out of Sight – Texas Monthly
Three days before the prom at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, I stopped by…