The Crossword: Playing It Strait
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The Texanist: The Surprising Origins of the Phrase “Stock Tank”
Q: As a child, were you taught to call a small body of water a “tank”? It’s a West Texas vernacular word. As I got older I realized this term was not standard English, and I began to ask why we...
The Fraudster Who Duped a Seasoned Investigative Reporter
When Pamela Colloff first heard about a former Austin police officer turned con artist named Paul Skalnik, she knew she might have one of the great stories of her career. For the past two decades, fir...
Twenty Red-Hot Texas Books to Read This Summer
We’ve all seen the studies and news reports revealing that social media apps are killing the habit of reading. And yet Texas writers keep putting out Texas books. Lots and lots of Texas books, many ...