The State of Texas: Kiss and make up . . . at the Alamo

Plus: Could this be the start of a presidential bid for Julián Castro? No Images? [Click here]( [Talk Like a Texan: Listen Now]( [Texas Monthly]( August 20, 2018 QUOTE OF THE DAY “The more you act like a lady, the more he’ll act like a gentleman.” —[A quote painted on the walls of]( a Houston elementary and middle school. A photo of the quote prompted so much outrage that the unattributed directive was taken down over the weekend and replaced with the words of Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai: "Do not wait for someone else to come and speak for you. It's you who can change the world." THE LATEST [San Antonio Judge Threatens to Make Feuding Lawyers Kiss in Front of the Alamo]( LEIF REIGSTAD That might be the weirdest order from a Texas judge—and the bar is high. [Read more.]( THE TEXANIST [The Texanist: Is It Okay to Parboil Ribs Before You Barbecue Them?]( DAVID COURTNEY Q: This backyard cooker of meats has always considered the parboiling of ribs before exposing them to the grill or smoker an act akin to putting beans in chili—just something honest, law abiding Texans wouldn’t ever do. Is parboiling cheating? Do regular people parboil in public or is it something only done behind closed doors? How does the Texanist feel about parboiling? Hank Franks, Notrees A: The Texanist probably need not waste words on the sacrosanctity of [barbecue in Texas](. The same goes for grilling. Suffice it to say, the cooking of meats with fire and smoke is something with which Texans don’t mess around. This stuff is serious business here. [Read more.]( Look here every Monday for the latest from the Texanist, or [peruse his archives here.]( Tomorrow, and every Tuesday, you’ll find a selection from our archives. [Talk Like a Texan: Listen Now]( OUR TOP STORIES [Mimi Swartz Offers Up a Tick-Tock on the Pursuit of Medicine’s Holy Grail]( On our latest podcast, Andy Langer speaks with one of our own about ’Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart.’ [Listen now.]( [Popularity of Texas BBQ Fuels Demand for Thousand-Gallon Smokers]( Meet the passionate welders who are building these big beauties for pitmasters in the state and around the world. [Read more.]( [Not Your Granddad’s Country Band]( Watch a special ’Texas Monthly’ Sound Check performance by Mike and the Moonpies, whose third album is layered with stories of love, family, and loss. [View now.]( THE STATE OF TEXAS Hawkeye All paths to the White House begin in Iowa, and former San Antonio mayor and Obama cabinet member [Julián Castro officially began that journey]( over the weekend with a three-day trip to the Hawkeye State. Castro, who said he will decide on a 2020 presidential run before the end of the year, had a packed schedule that included nine events. Castro has already taken a couple of trips to New Hampshire, another early testing ground for any White House candidate. And an autobiography, now considered a presidential prerequisite, is due out October 16. Disappearing Priest A Catholic parish in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighborhood received disturbing news during Sunday mass: their longtime priest, the Reverend Edmundo Paredes, is [under investigation for allegedly molesting three teenage boys]( more than a decade ago, as well as for stealing from the church. St. Cecilia Catholic Church parishioners also learned that Paredes had fled and was presumed to be in his native Philippines. Bishop Edward Burns broke the news at the conclusion of an early morning mass Sunday and spent the rest of the day meeting with congregants. "I need to come face to face with the frustration," he told the Dallas Morning News. "I need to come face to face with this issue, with the anger, with the rage. I recognize this diocese cannot cover its ears, its eyes, its mouth. We need to look at this head on." War of Words Tension mounted at the Texas Capitol for more than three-and-a-half hours on Saturday as competing political groups from the right and left screamed at one another and traded threats. The event was called [The March Against Far-Left Violence,]( and was one of several rallies held across the country to protest a recent incident in Portland. The conservative group, many brandishing rifles, began the event with a march up Congress Avenue before gathering on the Capitol grounds as counter-protesters shouted. There were no reports of violence, though several protesters were detained by police when the two groups grew confrontational. NEWS & POLITICS [Are Texas High Schools Failing to Help Students Register to Vote?]( MARY GEREN Dueling studies reach different conclusions about whether high schools are following a state law. [Read more.]( [Living the Bold Life: Don & Adana]( [Living the Bold Life: Don & Adana]( Adana and Don met during grief counseling in 2006, after both of their spouses passed away. “I called him back, and I was relieved to get the answering machine,” says Adana, who had the first date nerves at 73 years old. Now, after 11 years of marriage, they always kiss goodnight. Read their story on "Living the Bold Life”, a new series with Texas Monthly and Whataburger. 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