
July 2016 Issue

Features


#SpoilerAlert
To whom will the Bachelorette’s final rose go this season? Blogger Steve Carbone makes it his business to know—and tell his 1.5 million readers.

McMurtry’s Best
Lonesome Dove aside, here are the indispensable titles every Texan should have on his or her bookshelf.

The Great Divide
After this disorienting election season, what path is left for Texas conservatives? Who is leading the party? And what on earth to make of Donald Trump? A few insights from the state Republican convention.
Columns

Miracle in the Desert
Robert Irwin’s long-awaited Marfa installation is a work like no other: a massive project that reflects the austere, light-filled beauty of West Texas.

Bathroom Pass
Too many Texas schools are failing, yet our elected officials would rather discuss who’s using which toilet.

Out of Gas
How Aubrey McClendon, “America’s most reckless billionaire,” left some Houston energy firms holding the tab.

Buying the Farm
Life along the Pedernales was everything one could hope for—until it wasn’t.

Reporter

A Better Pill to Swallow
The dean of Dell Medical School wants to reinvent health care for the twenty-first century.

Meanwhile, in Texas . . .
Some crazy stuff went down in Texas in the past thirty days. Here are some of the headlines you may have missed.

Mission Admonished
A new biography takes a hard look at our forty-third president’s foreign policy record, with assessments that often stand in stark contrast with Bush's own verdict on his presidency.

The Checklist
What to read, watch, and listen to this month to achieve maximum Texas cultural literacy.

The Other Border War
Why is the federal government claiming thousands of acres of riverfront property from a bunch of North Texas landowners?

Meet the Beetle
How long it will take the dreaded emerald ash borers to fully establish themselves in Texas? And how many native ash trees will they decimate?

