Chelsea Clinton – Reporter?

What ever happened to paying your dues? In almost every profession you start at the bottom; the entry level doorway that may or may not lead to a long career depending on your skills, your education, your talent and luck and if you love what you do. Chelsea Clinton gets to start at the top! [...]

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Season of the Dry

I watched my evening news of choise last night and NBC’s Brian Williams presented a report on the drought in the Southwest. Texas was particularily hard hit. I remembered a piece a wrote several years ago when an earlier drought devestated the ranchers, farmers and citizens of Texas. It seems appropriate today for this blog. [...]

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Tucson Memorial

I watched the tribute ceremony in Tucson last night. I thought it was wonderful, healing, honoring, inspiring and spiritual. It had its surprises, its tears, and even its subliminal politics, however subdued it was within the words of praise, memory and patriotism. I liked the beginning where a Mexican American and a tribal American gave [...]

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Rotary Dial Journalists?

Here’s an item from one of the daily columns to which I subscribe. It’s called “Newsbluezette.” Its subtitle is, “a daily insider newsletter for TV news professionals.” I’ve subscribed to it for years. I like it. The column item says a former NBC executive commented on the fact that many journalists today host a number [...]

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