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- Three choices for Ted Stevens
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- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- You gotta keep on your toes ... toes, that is
- The Boy on the Bus
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- Welcome to the Katy Trail
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- Fashion critic Blackwell has died
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- A few thoughts on baseball, Leach and my Horns
- Colin Powell's Presidential Endorsement
- If I voted in the poll ...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- What's wrong with calling it a "breakfast taco"?
- When will that "Road" open?
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- The college football game I would like to see at t...
- A radical new look in high school football
- My favorite line from last night's Alfred E. Smith...
- Where the candidates stand on closing the "innovat...
- Upon further review, the ruling on the field is re...
- Amon Carter Stadium is where streaks go to die
- Sarah Palin to do her Tina Fey imitation on SNL?
- Who will "Joe the Plumber" will vote for?
- Blame a pair of SMU profs for those squiggly lines...
- Inspiration for "Casino" is dead
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- McCain's (hopefully) last hurrah
- Those battling Baptists
- A few thoughts on Edie Adams
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- Here's an interesting rumor that, if true, should ...
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- Baylor is offering a bounty to those who retake th...
- Pacman bounced
- A desperate McCain to opt for low road in final de...
- Now this is what I call typecasting
- So much for all this "Green Dallas" baloney
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- Quick! Pass me the white out!
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About Me
- Pete Oppel
- I have scratched together a living, in one way or another, as a writer for more than 60 years now. I was a free-lance writer during the early stages of the Vietnam War. I was the Southwest Division Overnight News Editor for United Press International back when UPI was a legitimate news gathering organization. Following that, I went to the Dallas Morning News where I became the first person to write about rock 'n' roll on a daily basis for a Texas metropolitan newspaper. I later became the News' entertainment editor. Following some stints with a couple of prominent PR firms, I had the extraordinary good fortune to team with two communications legends, Ken Fairchild and Lisa LeMaster, as part of one kick-ass media consulting/crisis communications team. That was followed by stints as a department head with the City of Dallas (and its public information officer); the Dallas Northeast Chamber of Commerce where I had the good fortune to meet and work alongside some of this city's business and political titans; and editorial director for QuestCorp Media until that company went out of business. Now officially retired, concentrating on this blog.
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