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- Doncha just love representative government? It's t...
- Bolton vs. the Supremes
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Go figure
- A must-read for anyone who cares about the future ...
- Good feelings surround hiring of Alabama's new bas...
- Minds like steel traps
- The most exciting spot in Greenville? Probably not...
- I'm sure this will do a lot of good
- Randomly bragging about your unexceptional lives
- Owens says Stephen, not Jerry Jones, fired him
- I'll do all the yada yada
- Upcoming Scorcese film
- Perhaps there's Hope in Hollywood when it comes to...
- I'm all for preserving our environment, but ...
- Our new digs
- It's all about expectations
- Who wrote this about Gene Hackman
- Angela's prediction and remedy
- A film I'm really looking forward to seeing
- Henry Hill pleads guilty to public intoxication
- Calendars? What calendars? And what about those wa...
- A kickoff for Orange Line rail route
- KBH sees roadblocks on way to governor's mansion
- Don't see "Duplicity" with high expectations
- Who does Perry think he's kidding?
- Hathaway leading Garland contender
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Morning News outs Mayor Leppert
- Dylan-Nelson-Mellencamp tour a possibility
- New York Times, speaking on behalf of all unemploy...
- Gobstopper
- Who is this guy?
- In praise of O'Hare
- Insert your favorite lawyer joke here
- Upon Further Review
- Good night, Nat
- Fox to offer renters stripped DVDs
- Who will win the NCAA basketball championship?
- My latest nominee for a band that deserves a wider...
- These cooks have balls
- Blinded by the lights
- Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
- An editorial disguised as a news story
- A coincidence? I think not
- Ron Silver apparently voted for Obama
- The news about Natasha Richardson is either bad or...
- It could get ugly tonight
- Angela Hunt is gumming us again
- The Lions, or whichever team drafts Matthew Staffo...
- The real weekend box office champ
- Ben Stiller remembers Ron Silver
- What willl folks in Seattle read with their mornin...
- Sometimes depth can be overrated
- New movies to be released this week on DVD
- The next thing you know someone will try to convin...
- Can the G-O-P become H-I-P?
- Care to guess who wrote this?
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia
- SI writer picks Sanchez over Stafford
- 30 years ago Dallas was ahead of its time
- On behalf of all the unemployed in Texas: Damn you...
- Is this all an act?
- Purim at the J
- What's up?
- The state of Mary Suhm's city
- Good night, Jimmy
- Kinky mulling over another run for governor
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Didn't Kevin Costner stand on this same street wit...
- In a tight economy, would you put your money here?
- Once upon a time, Rasansky might have made a diffe...
- I think this is a mistake
- Dallas Mavericks are even more schizophrenic than ...
- At 92
- Collins remembers the Alamo
- Ed Oakley may not run against Dave Neumann, but th...
- Some staggering statistics
- Then the cat developed a severe craving for munchies
- The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convi...
- A rare spotting of common sense in the Texas Legis...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- What, me worry?
- Movie casting rumors
- Columnist argues our health care is rather shabby
- Most politicians talk in circles, just not in thes...
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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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