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- Available on DVD: “Black Death”
- The case for fracking
- What’s wrong with Siegel
- In & Out & Out & Out
- Schutze: Gov. Hair drove Hinojosa from Dallas
- Available on DVD: “The Illusionist”
- Available on DVD: “Blue Valentine”
- Hitler learns Von Triers banned from Cannes
- The issues in the mayoral runoff
- Kinda makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
- Here’s something the world could do without, but w...
- My problems with the Harry Potter movies
- No home should be without one
- A magnificent Texas film festival
- Available on DVD: “A Somewhat Gentle Man”
- Dustin Hoffman having too much fun at Cannes
- Available on DVD: “Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench”
- Available on DVD: “The Way Back”
- Don’t have sex with your spouse in Florida, you co...
- Available on DVD: “Rabbit Hole”
- Tommy Lee Jones speaks out against education cuts ...
- The best illusion of the year
- I’m thinking Dave Neumann is toast
- Beck and Stewart reuniting?
- I wish more commercials were like this
- Bad Boy Bynum
- The Mavericks’ chip
- Available on DVD: “Hubble 3D”
- Double your pleasure, double your fun
- A monumental day at Casa Oppel
- Available on DVD: “White Material”
- Time to leave Afghanistan
- My inquiring mind wants to know
- The gopher is dead
- Remember this exchange from “The Godfather”?
- What happens when Republicans don’t show up for work?
- Where the money is
- What’s wrong with this picture? (What’s wrong with...
- We had to know something like this would happen wh...
- This wouldn’t be happening if Mitch Rasansky was s...
- They will survive
- Wanna get away for a while?
- A trip back in time with Obama, McCain and Clinton
- When in heaven's name will people in this city gro...
- Available on DVD: “Vision: From the Life of Hildeg...
- This is for you, Glenn Hunter
- Available on DVD: “Inside Job”
- CBS’s Schieffer calls Trump a racist
- Available on DVD: “I Love You, Phillip Morris”
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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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Your opinions are worth a lot more than 2 cents, Pete.
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