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- Available on DVD: “Life During Wartime”
- Austin mayor to push ban on single-use plastic bag
- Available on DVD: “Trust”
- This one also has possibilities
- One I'm anxious to see
- Everything you wanted to know about the debt ceili...
- An inspiring story about a former colleague
- What I want with me on a deserted island
- Are Tea Party Republicans out to destroy our country?
- New York Times: The Republican Wreckage
- Can you hear me now?
- Available on DVD: “Cedar Rapids”
- Available on DVD: “Small Town Murder Songs”
- Suspicions confirmed
- Seeing the world from Spider-Man’s point of view
- Looking at the glass as half full
- Available on DVD: “Potiche”
- Huntsman: A Republican Presidential candidate who ...
- Prediction: Trader Joe’s on lowest Greenville Avenue
- Martin Scorsese's next
- It’s mainstream’s turn for Soderbergh
- I just love this, a sane man reacts the way I do t...
- Available on DVD: “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Hi...
- And the redistricting winner is … Donna Halstead
- A pair of messages to the idiot making those Gille...
- The Girl Who Played Around with Sherlock Holmes
- Even more reasons to love Dirk
- Harry Potter as it should be seen
- This could be special
- Oscar meet Oprah, Oprah meet Oscar
- A murderess' magnet
- Finally, someone has something nice to say about T...
- It doesn’t get any better than this for a Yankees/...
- Available on DVD: “Of Gods and Men”
- Available on DVD: “13 Assassins”
- How not to use a mini-speech
- No more handwriting in Indiana
- Available on DVD: “Barney’s Version”
- Available on DVD: “Harvest”
- Another killer walks
- A not-so-well kept secret
- 2011's Best DVDs so far
- Available on DVD: “Orgasm Inc.”
- Eulogy for a Big Man
- Video containing every creature the great Ray Harr...
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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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