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- What I have to give thanks for on Thanksgiving 2008
- The leading contender for this year's Best Picture...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- A peak at Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler"
- R.I.P. Jim Mattox, Clive Barnes
- Obama's first failure -- college football playoff
- "Slumdog Millionaire" appears best financial bet a...
- Why I'll be rooting for Texas Tech Saturday
- I wish my vote for President counted
- "Nothing But the Truth" trailer
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Why Texas educators should be worried
- Dallas City Council has some beachfront property i...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Should the Mavs have taken a Chauncey at Kidd's ex...
- This doesn't look good
- The New Stooges
- Goodbye to beauty
- Jeb Hensarling doesn't get it
- What I was thinking about when the election result...
- American Tune
- Ten Best Films
- New movies to be released this week on DVD
- An election between 'the hot lady and the Tiger Wo...
- A true Maverick: A Republican Without Money
- November's Oscar Poll
- A plea for transportation sanity
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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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