December 1993 Issue

Features

The Old Man and the Tee
How 89-year-old Harvey Penick turned life’s lessons into a best-selling book—and followed it up with another master stroke.
Fallen Angels
We started out as pious kids helping Wichita Falls celebrate the birth of Christ. We ended up astray in a manger.
Home Made
A gallery of great gifts, cobbled, carved, forged, and stitched by small Texas companies.
Who Killed Baby Carolyn?
Decades after Carolyn McMorris died of a massive head injury, her sisters shockingly allege that their stepmother murdered her.
Breakdown!
If you think you’ve seen the worst of crazy, corrupt South Texas politics, you haven’t been to Eagle Pass.
Columns
Germ Warfare
With an early flu season and the emergence of deadly diseases this summer, our good health is under siege.
Small Wonders
How two dallas inventors took products worth pennies and turned them into nationwide success stories.
Five Easy Places
Want to eat a great meal in Dallas without dressing up or dropping a bundle? Cross the river into Oak Cliff.
The Watchdog
Forget how she looks. For fifty years, Tyler’s Sarah McClendon has been the most vigilant White House correspondent.
Vocal Minority
When top black country artists like powerhouse singer Mary Cutrufello take the stage, people listen.
Reporter
The Other Henry
Henry Bonilla is our first Hispanic Republican in congress. He won’t be our last.

Lucken Back
Twenty years later, Jerry Jeff Walker returns to the town his music put on the map.
State and Church
What do Ross Perot and Bob Tilton have in common (besides dallas)? Publications obsessed with them.
Lost Weekend
For Texas fans, the only thing worse than getting beat by OU was not being able to party all night.