D Magazine October 1978

The books make “taking charge of your life” sound so easy. It isn ’t.

People who need people just haven’t gone shopping for toys lately.

When civilization comes to a sleepy village, can disco be far behind?

The suburbs want a new super highway. Dallas wants a new super highway. Simple? Nope.

Are we willing to demand that public education be held accountable for its performance?

Maybe not, if Russ Potts can get 40,000 people out for a TCU game.

For God’s sake, stop doing that to yourself!

Can a museum stay in the vanguard, keep the public happy, and balance its budget, too?

East Dallas is a friendly, close-knit community where everybody wants to help make decisions. That’s what’s wrong with it.

If you want to hold on to your last name, you ’d better be prepared to cope with these problems.

What every home buyer doesn’t really need to know

Some simple rules for buying property in the Park Cities.

We want to renovate. The bank wants us to decorate first.

Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen provide a capital vacation tour.

Beneath the apparent chaos, some basic laws of economics.

The gap narrows between U.S. and Them.