Mike Cox's Texas Magazine

Remembering T. Lindsey Baker

When the email from the West Texas Historical Society popped up in my inbox at 3:21 p.m.

Jun 12 • Mike Cox

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New Texas Magazine Bonus Feature: "The Occasional Letter"

Dear Subscribers:

Jun 4 • Mike Cox

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A Scammer Who Didn’t Need Artificial Intelligence…Just Goat Testicles

Dr. John R. Brinkley, Border Conman Extraordinaire

Jun 2 • Mike Cox

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May 2026

Remember TV's "What's My Line?" in the '50's?

A Memorial Day weekend reflection

May 23 • Mike Cox

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Route 66 + 1: The Story of U.S. 67

People still get their kicks on old Route 66, but Route 66 plus one—U.S.

May 13 • Mike Cox

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The Lamesa Incident

Future Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry wrote an essay back in the 1960s about a trip he took across Texas.

May 4 • Mike Cox

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April 2026

J. Frank Dobie and Henry David Thoreau

Both engaged in civil disobedience

Apr 17 • Mike Cox

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March 2026

A Bank Job, a Double Murder, an Old Cavalry Post and a Museum

Reflections on micro and macro history

Mar 11 • Mike Cox

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February 2026

Sam Houston's Zen Practice

Well-read as he was, Sam Houston would not have understood the 21st meaning of words like “meditation” or phrases such as “being in the present moment.”

Feb 13 • Mike Cox

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January 2026

Digging Holes

Uncovering a "whole" truth

Jan 13 • Mike Cox

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"Man Killers at Close Range"

A 125-year-old nonfiction article on Old West outlaws

Jan 6 • Mike Cox

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December 2025

Recalling a Close Shave

Getting a haircut from famed Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer's barber

Dec 10, 2025 • Mike Cox

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