September 2008
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Features
There Will Be BooneOur most iconic oil and gas man, lately a water marauder and now a celebrated windcatter, has saved himself a couple of times in his eighty glorious years. Who’s to say he can’t save America? Plus:The Last Pickens ShowA narrated slide show of the making of this month’s cover. Gone With the WindSkip Hollandsworth on Boone's trip to the White House to promote the Pickens Plan. Tony Romo Is the Greatest Cowboys Quarterback Since...Die-hard fans of America’s Team are debating that very question as we speak—and also wondering if the kid from Wisconsin with the buxom distraction can take them to the Super Bowl any faster than, say, Gary Hogeboom did. |
Katrina, TexasHow my husband, Ferdinand, and I lost everything in the historic hurricane and then found a new life in the Lone Star State. Death LettersOn September 10, Charles Dean Hood will receive a lethal injection. Perhaps. Four times before, the convicted murderer has had a date with the executioner only to have the criminal justice system grant him a reprieve—most recently (and most famously), twice in the space of a few hours on the night of June 17. Here, in missives to senior editor Michael Hall, he describes what it’s been like to live on death row—and to have your life spared when you thought the end had come. Plus:The Long GoodbyeExclusive video of convicted murderer Charles Dean Hood as he talks about the day he almost died. The IllusionistMy friend Keith Carter is famous not just in his native East Texas but the world over for his discriminating and artful eye, having learned long ago that photography can d o far more than the simple recording of external fact. |
Columns
Letter From Washington, DCLeave It To WeaverWho better to diagnose John McCain’s woes than the man who used to be his Karl Rove? |
Reporter
In the ChuteThe Dallas symphony; The Color Purple; the Nasher at five. The Horse’s MouthBreaking Into Showbiz |
Texas Monthly TalksHakeem Olajuwon |
The Filter
Pat's PickCoco Chocolate Lounge & BistroThe Filter: DiningNew and NoteworthyDali Wine Bar Restaurant, Dallas and Kenzo Sushi Bistro, Katy. |
Miscellaneous
Editor’s LetterThe Last TycoonRoar of the CrowdThe Cowboy Way |
Web ExtraCurtis Sittenfeld |
The Republican Convention -- Day 4 (Fri Sep 5 at 8:18 AM)
The Rising (Fri Sep 5 at 1:49 PM)
Charles Dean Hood's Day (Sat Sep 6 at 10:17 AM)
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