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- How does Specter's switch effect KBH's strategy
- Almost reuniting Meryl and Amy
- Enough really is enough
- Soft? Soft? Not Carlisle's Mavericks
- Hey, Longhorn, you looking at me?
- Hutchison's gas tax plan wrong on several levels
- The strategy of wearing out Tony Parker
- Not so fast
- Dylan-Nelson-Mellencamp tour coming to a ballpark ...
- "Wolverine" falls victim to swine flu
- The classic beauties
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Funny People Trailer
- A poll looks at upcoming statewide races
- Without a doubt, the biggest surprise I have had i...
- Things look bad for McClatchy, but no one is utter...
- Were the Mavs making a statement tonight?
- "Hard Candy" meets "Twilight"
- Cannes 2009
- Happy 72nd birthday, Jack
- Don't try to stump the E-Street Band, baby
- Dallas' proposed daytime juvenile curfew
- I'm Gavin Newsom and I'm running for governor (of ...
- Budget, Borders, Old Navy, United Airlines to disa...
- Who will the Lions take with the No. 1 pick in the...
- Just in case you didn't think the Texas secession ...
- Fast-paced "Trek"
- Trying to put a positive spin on a bad Mavs night
- Will Mr. Go stop the Trinity River toll road
- Shame on you, Florida
- The complete failure of Gov. Hair
- What's wrong with this picture?
- I'm encouraged but ...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Homicides in Dallas by the numbers
- My selections for The Best 50 Movies of the Decade...
- Posted for no other reason than to prove that some...
- Spurs in 7
- Even Dave had something to say
- Gov. Hair's infamy spreads
- A Travelers Guide to Wackadoodleonia
- My 2-cents for movie producers
- High speed rail coming here?
- This bulletin just handed to me: The City of Dalla...
- It's not the spending that's bothering these idiot...
- The Dallas Cowboys in 2009
- 8th place, 7th place, what's the big deal?
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Memo to Dallas City Hall: Give Us a Menu
- The Boss in Denver
- How would drivers in Dallas react to an accident r...
- Bruce's Houston setlist
- The ignorance of State Rep. Betty Brown and those ...
- Lee Leffingwell: A Plan To Help Small Local Busine...
- Fees that could be used to fund Corona's transport...
- Paul a Maverick?
- Carona's local option transportation bill does not...
- Bruce Springsteen Going Down last night in Tulsa
- Six things you might not have known about Passover
- I wonder about these things because ... well ... s...
- A list of 20 Republicans who need to be voted out ...
- Anti-environment Texas Legislature at it again
- Disney's 1940 porno film
- Bruce's Austin setlist
- The Boss planted "Seeds" last night in Austin
- 'Young Turk' questions our desire to curb gun viol...
- Texas legislators remove democracy from the legisl...
- 20 Things To Do With Matzah
- Environmental outlaws
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- I'm sorry, Mayor, but I just don't understand your...
- Found a copy of the new Wolverine movie
- News Notes
- What's in a name
- A pair of tragedies
- A message to the citizens of Dallas...
- Jason Witten likes him some Terrell Owens
- GOP plays April Fools joke on us
- Goodbye to folks I never knew
- My next car may be coming from China ... or not
- Who really leaked "Wolverine"
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- This is going to require more than a thumb in the ...
- "Public Enemies" Trailer
- What's wrong with this movie poster?
- For $5 you get a panoramic view of the entire fiel...
- This could be a good deal for Stafford, Lions
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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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