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- SI's college football playoff
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- Thanks for (ruining) the memories, John
- This week's more intriguing college football games
- Tax is not a four-letter word
- A look at Canadian and its high school football team
- Shana Tovah
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- A look at a few competitive college football games...
- NY Times architecture critic doesn't much care for...
- My chief problem with the Baucus health care bill,...
- Good night, Mary
- Someone please explain to me what exactly the City...
- Will "Nine" be held for 10?
- TxDot's ulterior motive
- The most underrated quarterback in college football
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- This week's movie openings
- I can rest easy now
- Jeffrey Wells really likes "Up in the Air"
- Looking at this week's big college football games
- One thing for sure: I'm not eating that chocolate ...
- Lucy, you got some explanining to do
- The cost of doing nothing
- Must Keep Smiling
- I know there's a subversive political message in h...
- Tea Party involved in Dallas bus crash that killed...
- Call Missing Persons
- Hunt blames others for problems she helped create
- Super Bowl predictions
- Atkins won't support the Natinsky plan
- I know there's a subversive political message in h...
- Time picks the 50 best Web sites of 2009
- New movies to be released tomorrow on DVD
- The best college football game of the weekend
- New York Times predicts Texas will win national ch...
- I understand how to vote for Best Picture Oscar; i...
- An early look at likely Oscar nominees
- New York Times' prediction for Oklahoma's 2009 foo...
- Why you should never trust Eric Celeste for shrewd...
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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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