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che che says:
Payback time, for political favors and lobby leaders like Daschle. Obama is building an inside the beltway, career politician cabinet. (Thu Nov 20 at 5:02 PM)
Textile
Dallas | Scott Tycer’s new brilliant French-American spot. »
Texas Ballet Theater
Dallas/Fort Worth | Tchaikovsky’s mouse king strikes again. »
Grass Roots
To my father, the world was divided into two kinds of people: those who took care of their own property and those who hired other people to take care of their property. After he died I made a decision that would have greatly disturbed him. by Oscar Casares
Family Albums
Austin’s favorite musical couple—Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis—have separate careers: He’s just released The New World, and after recording Translated From Love, she’s taking a hiatus to focus on their children. But soon they’ll hit the road for holiday shows.
Madame Secretary, I Presume?
Hillary Clinton could be the third female Secretary of State, and the first one to dodge hostile gunfire, both at home and in Bosnia.
The Last Pickens Show
T. Boone Pickens is a Texan’s Texan, known best for huge success in the oil and gas industry. But he has become, in his words, “a surprising environmentalist.”
Texan of the Year
Gone With the Wind
Evan Smith picks Boone Pickens, the most famous wildcatter turned environmentalist, as Texan of the Year for the Dallas Morning News.
Columns
Beyond Borders
Every member of Congress thinks he knows what to do about immigration, but only El Paso’s Silvestre Reyes spent 26 years as a Border Patrol agent.
Texas Monthly in the New Yorker
Let It Snow’s
Calvin Trillin on our best Texas BBQ joint—and one of our best kept secrets.
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Download and listen to our most recent podcasts from Paul Burka, Kinky Friedman, and Sarah Bird.
TABLE OF CONTENTS | December 2008 »
COVER STORY | The 40 Best Small-Town Cafes, by Patricia Sharpe »
TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS | Mark Seliger on how to take a photograph. »
EDITOR’S LETTER | In With the New »
BEHIND THE LINES | Two-Party Animal »
The month’s new book releases.
Eric Maddox With David Seay | A military interrogator tells his story.
Jan Burke | A supernatural thriller from the Houston native.
