D Magazine December 1978

Winners and losers in the charity sweepstakes

How Mexico’s new oil wealth is moving the border north

Experts can help you pick good books for your kids. They can’t make the kids like them, however.

Another war with Mexico? It can’t happen here.

Most of the resistance to caviar is pure prejudice.

The social worker thought it was odd that Sarah wanted to adopt a child. Sarah had to admit it was.

“If these Victorian residences still stood, Dallas would be as distinctive a city as San Francisco.”

Volunteer work has its own rewards.

A look at the Community Chest Trust Fund might lead to some uncharitable deductions.

Immigrants from the Soviet Union find more than political changes in their lives.

These gifts make roughing it a little easier.

Some people are better at being weird than others. These four are the best.

Sure, we don’t really need to know. But it would be fun, wouldn’t it?

The market value of western art has almost nothing to do with its artistic value.

In the Cayman Islands not all the scenery is underwater.

Mexico’s find causes the U.S. some diplomatic headaches.

The world’s most prized champagne comes to Dallas, at $35 a bottle.