Skip Hollandsworth

Blogs
June 23, 2011
When It Comes to the Trinity Toll Road, For Some, "Sorry" Seems to Be the Hardest Word
It's just beginning to dawn on me. I should be in heaven right now. I don't know why I'm not. The sheer dumbness of the Trinity River toll road is now at long last apparent for all to see. It's blown sky high and is comin' down! And none of the people who foisted it off on the city can get o ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
A Little More Reading With This Week's Cover: Sweetheart Swindles, Romani Culture and "Gypsy Crime" Specialists
This week's feature in the Paper Version of Unfair Park recounts the story of Victoria Peterson, a 40-year-old woman who's been accused by a handful of old men in Dallas of pretending at romance while she slowly bilked them out of their life savings.According to court docs and police reports, she ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2009
What Evan Smith Learned at Texas Monthly: Kelly Clarkson Doesn't Move Magazines
It's been two months since Texas Monthly's president, Evan Smith, announced he was leaving the magazine to go into the virtual newspaper business as CEO of Texas Tribune. In the October issue of the Monthly, Smith offers his adios: "What I've Learned." And among those myriad lessons is this one: ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2008
Jody Dean is Satan! If, That Is, You're a Fan of "Jenny's Song."
Blogs
November 13, 2007
That's Some Bush in Coach
Blogs
June 14, 2007
Jennifer Aniston to Make Texas Girls-in-Prison Pic. Dreams, You Have Been Answered.
Blogs
April 20, 2007
Tom Dunning Goes Both Ways
News
January 11, 2007
Road to Hell
What's a white liberal to do?
News
January 11, 2007
Split Decision
A judge says Preston Hollow Elementary segregated white kids to please parents. The reality is deeper and maybe more troubling.
News
January 22, 2004
Return of the Black Widow
Death and rumors have followed Sandra Bridewell for decades. But no one could predict the strange turn her life has taken today.
News
March 29, 2001
Brave New World
What's new, CueCat? A redesign, a rediscovery and re: layoffs.
News
August 31, 2000
Good Cop, Bad Cop
The untold story of Dallas' biggest-ever police corruption scandal
News
June 8, 2000
Mr. Smith arrives
Texas Monthly's new man has plan: long stories, pop culture, and don't suck
News
February 4, 1999
Texas Monthly's Midlife Crisis
News
December 17, 1998
Joe Bob in Bloom
John Bloom has taken his alter ego, Joe Bob Briggs, and gone Hollywood. But watching America's favorite drive-in movie critic on television these days, a new character is emerging: John Bloom himself
News
April 3, 1997
Feeling the Burn
Unpaid Taxes, missing money, and a bitter business divorce threaten the empire of fitness guru Larry North
News
October 31, 1996
Bread and Circuses
When food legend Julia Child came to Texas spreading her gospel of good eating, no one was spared. Not even Big Tex