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- This texting ban idea is catching on
- Can't see Da Mayor winning a U.S. Senate race
- Three reasons why, regardless of other budget cuts...
- Who will be appointed to succeed KBH?
- Obama explains what he wants and doesn't want in h...
- Sergio Kindle can be the poster boy for the textin...
- D magazine publisher on Gov. Hair's latest boasts
- Health care reform and the Constitution
- Tanning beds definitely cause cancer. according to...
- Those against texting ban will undoubtedly have wr...
- KBH's fruitless pursuit
- There's a new sheriff in town (and she thinks comp...
- Between Barach and the lunatic fringe
- Health care debate: Don't tell me what you're agai...
- What Wick forgot to mention
- Two movies of note premiering in Toronto
- Basterds in Austin
- Never make my move too soon
- Who should play Landry?
- All that fuss about competition swimsuits
- Take one small step for man: Ban texting
- McLaughlin: Gov. Hair "is beyond bad;" he "is down...
- That's one side of the story
- Did anyone else notice that elephant in the room
- When you absolutely positively got to have it and ...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- That lying Shona Holmes TV commercial
- Scattershooting while wondering what the hell happ...
- Health Care Reform: What's in it for you and me
- Denny's may not be haute cuisine, but give me a br...
- Duel of the titans: Cameron challenges Tarantino
- Angela Hunt and the city's committee system
- Here's the ugly truth about "The Ugly Truth"
- Why Jimmy Carter is no longer a Southern Baptist
- ESPN to challenge Morning News sports
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- The First Moon Landing
- Winners of Oscars for first half of the year
- Dallas City Council needs to expand mobile phone ban
- Another loss to mourn
- He was the best
- Will KBH play statesman or politician?
- The new Straw Dogs
- An $80 million cosmetic surgery Dallas doesn't need
- So much for all that "liberty and justice for all"...
- Ramon Miguez retiring from the City of Dallas
- The most anticipated films for the rest of the yea...
- "Oscar nominations" for first half of the year (Sp...
- Happy 48th, Jackie
- The 50 Greatest Films (Another poll)
- A gift idea for the film lover on your list
- And the Oscar goes to ...
- Tony minus Jessica
- Coming Wednesday to a theater near you
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Mad Moon Rising
- Cartoon worth sharing
- Education will continue to be second rate in Texas
- The giant ape of the sea
- Does this woman remind you of, say, a Secretary of...
- Congratulations, cousin
- Get the Fox outta here
- Michael Moore on Bernie Madoff
- This ought to take another legend down a notch or two
- The Mavericks trade for Marion
- Happy 53rd, Tom
- This is a step in the right direction
- Please, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Henry, Please
- What to do about those dang HOV lanes
- Happy 51st, Kevin
- It's amazing what dying can do for your image
- Stigma? Stigma? What stigma?
- This is the best news I've heard in a long, long time
- Five personality traits a person might wish to pos...
- Bloomberg: GWTW is all-time box-office champ
- Poll: 10 Best Picture possibilities
- Is this what is meant by "justifiable homicide"?
- A Mavericks trade that makes sense for all three t...
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Been to Spain
- Good Night, Karl
- The Longest Day
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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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