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Articles in July, 2003 issue of Texas Monthly

• Write a speech: know the person you're writing for. Throw in some humor and personal anecdotes. And leave Aristotle out of it. (How To ...).
  by Liz Carpenter
• Sell a candidate: unpackage him. Show his heart, his soul, his humanity. And throw away the script--along with the leather jacket. (How To ...).
  by Mark McKinnon
• Sound smart on TV: don't worry too much about what they're going to ask you. Have a good quip at the ready. And act like you know what you're talking about. (How To ...).
  by Wayne Slater
• Map quest: why is everyone making such a fuss about redistricting? (FAQ).
  by Paul Burka
• Be a good loser: separate the defeat from the experience. Don't have any regrets. Get back to work. And keep your options open. (How To ...).
  by Tony Sanchez
• Restaurant guide: a selective guide to food and drink
  by Patricia Sharpe
• Be a political spouse: stay behind the scenes. Avoid controversy. Choose a few issues of your own. And don't expect much of a private life. (How To ...).
  by Rita Clements
• FLFW will see you now: that would be George H. W. Bush, Former Leader of the Free World. But, sorry, he doesn't give extended interviews about his post-presidential life, his relationship with his sons, and rascally antagonists like the Dixie Chicks and M
  by Evan Smith
• The best & the worst legislators 2003.
  by Paul Burka
• Weather a scandal: admit you're human. Stay productive. Pray a lot. And never let anyone tell you when it's time to quit. (How To ...).
  by Henry Cisneros
• Whistlin' Dixie: does anyone care what the Dixie Chicks say? Do they even exist? Are they God? Only Dr. Kevorkian knows for sure. (The Last Roundup).
  by Kinky Friedman
• Altered state: the joys of Oklahoma tourism aside, what we learned this legislative session is that Texas politics will never be the same again. (Behind The Lines).
  by Paul Burka
• The last Maverick: when Maury Maverick, Jr., died last January, Texas lost a legendary liberal, an eccentric curmudgeon who was a tireless champion of the downtrodden--and I lost a friend. (Letter from San Antonio).
  by Jan Jarboe Russell
• Around the state: a selective guide to amusements and events.
  by Patricia Busa McConnico
• Crosses to bear: at the planned parenthood clinic in Bryan, questions of faith, conscience, biology, and politics collide every day on the front lines of the new war over abortion.
  by Pamela Colloff
• State bar: a short walk from the Capitol, down a few limestone steps, one of those mythic places where the wheels of government are greased. Buy you a drink, Senator?
  by John Spong
• 25 stories about Bob Bullock: in which the late lieutenant governor screams, twists arms, threatens, fires, and otherwise wields power in ways we wouldn't dare talk about when he was alive but admire enormously to this day. And it was always--always--for
  by Patricia Kilday Hart