January 1998
Table of Contents
Features
The 1998 Bum Steer AwardsA year of altered antlers, bawdy broadcasters, comedian corrections, dining detectives, emancipated emus, fossilized felines, gullible Gore, hemline harassment, insatiable igniters, jazzed-up jewelry, Kay’s kennelwear, lottery loonies, metric madness, numerous nudes, 007 oenophiles, poultry protesters, questionable quizzes, revengeful revenuers, Spam slingers, tie tirades, unallowed uniforms, variant videotapers, warning! water, x-humed x-mascots, yanked Yvonne, and zodiac zombies. A Few Bad BoysThe slashing of a cadet’s throat at the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen is only the latest incident of violence at a venerable institution under not-so-friendly fire. |
Anatomy of a Drug CartelThe cocaine goes north. The money goes south. And Mexican kingpins like Juan García Abrego laugh all the way to the bank—a Texas bank, that is. Midnight in the Garden of East TexasIn sleepy Carthage a rich, haughty widow disappears, and nobody seems to notice. When she turns up dead, everybody seems to feel sympathy for the nice young man who killed her. The Family That Played TogetherTy and Koy Detmer were South Texas high school football heroes. Now they’re NFL quarterbacks. They owe it all to their father, a coaching whiz everybody calls Sonny. |
Columns
ArtJoan of ArtLess than a decade ago, she was a homemaker and an arts volunteer, but today the Arlington Museum of Art’s Joan Davidow is the most imaginative and adventurous museum director working in Texas. Behind the LinesWho killed the Texas Democratic party? |
CrimeKu Klux KlownsThere was something comical about the plot by four Klan members to blow up a chemical plant in Wise County— and that was before their own Imperial Grand Wizard turned them into the feds. MediaWhat’s Left?When you listen to Jim Hightower’s talk radio show, that’s the question you inevitably ask—about him, the medium, and Texas liberalism. SportsLife of WileyAt his pool hall near White Rock Lake, on bar tables across the country, and at professional tournaments around the world, Carson “CJ” Wiley earns his keep by ramming balls into pockets. It’s that simple. |
Reporter
ReporterKing Lear JetThe feud between billionaire Harold Simmons and his daughters is worthy of Shakespeare. The Ex FilesMean Joe GreeneOn LocationPulpit Fiction |
FaceGuy MezgerState SecretsPresident and Accounted ForHot BoxCD and Book Reviews |
Miscellaneous
The Inside StoryIt Ain’t Over Till It’s Overbeek |
State FareYellowfin tuna with wasabi mayo at San Antonio’s Silo Elevated Cuisine? It may take you a while to get Orient-ed. |
In the Pink »
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The Liberation (Wed Jan 7 at 1:05 PM)
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Joe Straus: "Wake Up, Republicans!" (Wed Jan 7 at 5:50 PM)
