The political climate in Texas was a bit scary when I lived there in the mid-1960s. Before I left for Chicago, Atlantic Monthly had just published an issue with a feature article on dirty politics in Houston. The magazine apparently did not appear on any news stands in Houston at the usual time. (I looked all over town.) It was not until I got to Arkansas (or it may have been Louisiana) that I was able to purchase a copy. That sort of control over the public media is chilling, to say the least. In some ways, even politically filthy Chicago was a relief from Houston. I don't mean to be entirely negative about Texas, and I enjoyed living there, as long as I didn't think about certain things. Certainly Rice University was an oasis of intellectual nourishment for me, and many of the natives I got to know in Houston were absolutely delightful!