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‘Landman’ Episode Six Recap: Do Not Let Billy Bob Thornton Near You With a Wrench
Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landman here. We’re taking a three-hundred-mile field trip from Mid...

Taking Stock of the Farcical Battle for the Worst Job in Texas Government
Former Speakers of the Texas House are starting to pile up like the wives of Henry VIII. Last week, Beaumont’s own Dade Phelan dropped his bid to reclaim the gavel—which means that when the lower ...

The Lubbock Barbecue Scene Just Got a Lot Brighter, Thanks to This Tight-Knit Clan
In August, Michael Flores stopped doing his irregularly scheduled pop-ups under the banner of Friends’ Barbecue to join his family’s business, Jiménez Tortilleria y Taqueria. You may have read ab...

Opinion: What Texas Monthly Got Wrong About San Antonio
Texas Monthly recently delivered a backhanded compliment to the community I serve as mayor, calling San Antonio “one of the loveliest, most welcoming—and poorest cities in America.” While I don�...

Welcome to Wahoo Winter!
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin name: Acanthocybium solandriSize: 3 to 5.5 feet long and 50–70 poundsTexas habitat: Gulf CoastOver two days...

Meanwhile, in Texas: A Load of Ice Comes in Hot
An inspection of a tractor trailer at the Pharr International Bridge, in the Rio Grande Valley, revealed $31 million worth of methamphetamine concealed within a shipment of serrano peppers.At an inter...

‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Has, Somehow, Inspired a Fragrance. I Tried It.
“Which movie would you want to smell like?” sounds like a prompt for a profile on a dating app for cinephiles. But let’s consider the question. I’d pick Top Gun over, say, Pretty Woman. A Jame...

Corpus Christi’s First Water-Desalination Plant Could Create “Dead Zones”
The dark hump of a bottlenose dolphin’s back cuts through the surface of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, appearing briefly alongside a docked, Hong Kong–registered bulk-cargo vessel. This industr...

Visit Balmorhea State Park in Winter, and You’ll Have It All to Yourself
When Balmorhea pool threw a party for its grand opening over two days in June 1936, celebrants took part in all kinds of activities. A poster from the event breathlessly lists them: a bathing-girl rev...

This Catholic Liberal Arts School Is the Best-Kept Secret in College Football
Texas and SMU are still more than a week away from their first playoff games. The University of the Incarnate Word has been there, done that.This year, the not-so-little private Catholic university in...