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- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- The idea of a fluctuating gasoline tax
- Texas-OU in the recruiting game
- Why Josh Howard has to go
- What a sad irony
- Tom Leppert and KBH's Senate seat
- An early Christmas present
- Dustin Hoffman didn't do Dallas theater, but Dorot...
- The Dallas Convention Center Hotel
- How about dem Cowboys
- New movies to be released this week on DVD
- Oy, Holy Night
- In reality, it's a miserable life
- SAG nominees
- You, too, can throw a shoe at the Prez
- Hugh Jackman and the Oscar telecast
- New movies to be released this week on DVD
- NY Film Critics honor my three best films
- Cruz cruising to Oscar
- The husband of a murder victim looks at O.J.
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Wells picks "Che" as year's best
- Could Fort Worth be left without a daily newspaper?
- There's no such thing as "Freedom of Television"
- Where's my hammer?
- Odetta
- I wish I could have said "I told you so.."
- December's Oscar Poll
- The Big 12 and the BCS
- Janet Napolitano as Secretary of Homeland Security
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
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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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Thanks for posting a link to this story. It reminds us that with a little kindness we can deliver gallons of hope.
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