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- The Great Films: 1966, 1967
- Currently available on DVD: "Smash His Camera"
- The Great Films: 1964, 1965
- The best Texas songs
- The Great Films: 1962, 1963
- Currently available on DVD: "Winter's Bone"
- The Great Films: 1960, 1961
- News' Taylor blows it much worse than Buehler did
- My Top 25 College Basketball teams
- My Top 10 NBA, NFL Teams
- Currently available on DVD: "Please Give"
- Currently available on DVD: "Wild Grass"
- Why I love this day
- Benching Kitna would be in the Cowboys' best inter...
- The Great Films: 1958,1959
- Now available on DVD: "Kisses"
- From Leo's lip to your eyes
- The Great Films: 1956, 1957
- Currently available on DVD: "I am Love"
- The Great Films: 1954, 1955
- Thanks for reminding me, "Christmas Story"
- If you're planning on eating out on Christmas, be ...
- Another killing kiddo
- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
- The fate of Jason Garrett and other NFL coaches
- The Great Films: 1952, 1953
- The Great Films: 1950, 1951
- The hunt is on for somebody
- Love and hate in Texas
- Holiday greetings from The Boss
- My Top 10 NBA, NFL Teams
- My Top 25 College Basketball teams
- The Best Films: 1948, 1949
- The films of 2010 in four minutes
- The Best Films: 1946, 1947
- The Best Films: 1944, 1945
- Cliff Lee and the LaBron Factor
- Now available on DVD: "The Secret of Kells"
- The Best Films1942, 1943
- The Best Films of 1940, 1941
- Every once in a while Dallas City Counncilman Ron ...
- The Best Films of 1938, 1939
- Not one of the Senate's better days
- The Best Films of 1936, 1937
- Way off Target
- Another compelling argument against the death penalty
- A Mavs dream team or a nightmare?
- This is good for a couple of chuckles
- The Best Films of 1934, 1935
- An off-the-wall recommendation for Texas' new offe...
- My Top 10 NBA, NFL Teams
- No explanation necessary
- Will he or won't he
- The Best Films of 1932, 1933
- Ever wonder why you can't get a seat in the mall f...
- Obama surrenders leadership
- The Best Films of 1930, 1931
- My Top 25 College Football, Basketball teams
- Is there a more xenophobic city in the world than ...
- What's freakin' Qatar got that we ain't got?
- Celebrating the Packards, Southwest Airlines and a...
- An opportunity to be a hero to deserving kids
- The spooky return of Howard Jarvis
- Has an Oscar nominee ever hosted the Oscar telecast?
- Celebrating Hanukkah ... well, almost
- The No. 1 problem with government today
- My Top 10 NBA, NFL Teams
- Pardon me while I boast
- I tried to be a green citizen, but the City of Dal...
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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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