Area Man’s Website Purchased by Satirical Newspaper
This has been a hell of a week in MAGA land. The movement’s leader is, once more, president-elect of the United States. Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has been announced as Donald Trump’s p...
A Longhorn Legend Is Leading Austin’s Bid for a WNBA Expansion Team
A WNBA team may come to Austin, thanks to a multimillion-dollar bid led by former Texas Longhorns basketball champion Fran Harris. The women’s pro hoops league has already formalized plans to add fr...
New Hope to Combat Climate Change—From an Oil Giant?
I am standing atop an eighty-foot-tall synthetic lung made of metal and plastic. In its scale and ambition, it’s unlike anything else in Texas, or the Western Hemisphere, for that matter. Its existe...
Nine Texas Animal Webcams to Alleviate Your Existential Dread
Moo Deng this, Moo Deng that. Texas has its own celebrity pygmy hippo now, not to mention many live video streams of animals that aren’t asleep when we’re all awake. I write this as I stare into t...
A Dallas Taqueria Settles Into Life After Viral Fame
In 2017, Gustavo De Los Rios had a brush with death. The Monterrey, Mexico, native had recently spent close to twenty years working in the hospitality industry, doing everything from being a partner i...
Luling Isn’t as Quaint as It Seems
There are always indicators when a small Texas town is destined for something great. Duck confit pops up on a restaurant menu. A technology start-up moves in. And, at least in the case of Luling, the ...
Welcome to Prime Kestrel-Watching Time in Texas
Each month, we get to know one of the state’s many wonderful and quirky critters. Latin name: Falco sparveriusSize: 8 to 12 inches long; wingspan is 20 to 24 inchesTexas habitat: Statewide North A...