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The Texas Voyager: Friday Night Lights, Friday Night Lights, or… Friday Night Lights?
Culture

The Texas Voyager: Friday Night Lights, Friday Night Lights, or… Friday Night Lights?

Texas hasn’t gotten its due as a major piece in the complex puzzle of American art. We’re here to rectify that. Every two weeks, H. Drew Blackburn will conduct a thoroughly scientific analysis of the 254 essential (one for every county) books, movies, tv shows, albums, podcasts, songs,

By H. Drew Blackburn
A stack of Taco Cabana flour tortillas sitting on parchment paper with a pink background.
Culture

Bury Me in a Taco Cabana Tortilla

In the pantheon of iconic Texas treats, it’s time to give these flour favorites their warm, fluffy due.

By Eric Webb
A coiled rattlesnake with its tongue out and a halo above its head on a blue background
Culture

Tarantulas, Coyotes, and Rattlesnakes: Put Some Respect on Their Names

Texas is a land of varmints. It’s a specific title, one not bestowed on every creature in the Lone Star State. The bison is not a varmint, because the bison is largely gone; the same can be said of the pronghorn, the wolf, the jaguar. To be a varmint

By Asher Elbein
A Note from Our Publisher
Perspectives

A Note from Our Publisher

Hi there, friend — My name is Jeff Rotkoff. I’m the publisher of The Barbed Wire. In 1995, my dad, then-stationed at the Pentagon while our family lived in Northern Virginia, received orders to move to Fort Hood. I was 16 years old, and I’m pretty sure I’

By Jeff Rotkoff
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