“Have you ever heard of the Whole Earth Festival? I was going to them way back before I was a Christian." Speaking is Steve Behncke, a do-it-yourself Christian missionary, who lately has been preaching the …
October 10, 1996
News & Stories
Steve Behncke preaching the Lord in Mexican migrant worker camps
Chelsea's boyfriends don’t roar up to the White House and lean on the horn
Dear Matt: While my husband and I were watching the Democratic convention, I commented on how Chelsea Clinton had blossomed. I began wondering whether or not she's allowed to date. My husband says absolutely not. …
October 10, 1996
Why cotton shrinks
To: Matmail: Once again we mere mortals approach the sacred oracle at “Straight from the Hip” with a question that has no real purpose except our great thirst for your knowledge. We have a question …
October 10, 1996
The danger of licking envelopes
Do bacteriologists, physicians, and persons similarly knowledgeable concerning “germs” lick envelopes, whether from the post office or received in advertising mail? — R.N. Morgan, Hillcrest So you’re suggesting not only are we guaranteed to lose …
October 10, 1996
Reader writer Abe Opincar marries writer Cynthia Heimel
There were two Mr. Wrongs in quick succession. I had given up. I knew he was the right one, but I didn’t want to meet him because he would be the wrong one.
October 10, 1996