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- Fascinating prediction: Obama-Clinton
- Available on DVD: “Bellflower”
- How hypocritical can Hair get?
- Take that Newt, Mitt, Ron, Michelle, Hair et al
- Republicans are bringing us back to the days of th...
- Republicans doing their best to prevent students f...
- Celebrating the Mavericks’ title
- For your holiday enjoyment
- Things that make a fella damn proud
- Available on DVD: “The Names of Love”
- OK, so there will be eight for Oscar
- Is “Margaret” being criminally ignored
- Available on DVD: “Page One: Inside the New York T...
- City tells waste haulers they can dump their suit ...
- This week’s proof that our governor is dumber than...
- Paul’s shoe leather strategy seems to be working
- All I Want for Christmas is … Jews
- I’m not sure I can explain why I find this funny
- Available on DVD: “Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travel...
- A college football playoff scenario I could live with
- The Oscar race is over
- The movies of 2011
- Available on DVD: “The Last Circus”
- One way to look at it
- Available on DVD: “A Better Life”
- Available on DVD: “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
- Here’s to the man who brought down The Man
- Available on DVD: “Beginners”
- Might just as well cancel next year’s legislative,...
- Available on DVD: “Mr. Nice”
- Kudos to Leubsdorf
- Available on DVD: “Leap Year”
- December's Oscar forecast
- This season’s bowl matchups — from best to worst
- My semi-final top 25 college football teams
- Available on DVD: “Beautiful Boy”
- Available on DVD: “The Princess of Montpensier”
- Court redistricting likely to stand
- This week's top college football games
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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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