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Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Saturday, June 25, 2005: The columnists had a great afternoon at the Sixth-Floor Museum meeting with three eyewitnesses to the JFK assassination and-or its immediate aftermath. But the focus of this entry is a morning session led by New York writer Pete Hamill. My longhand notes are fine as records […]
Two columnists walk into a bar Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, June 24, 2005: A temptation is to write rather complete articles from the notes I took at the just-completed conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, meeting in Grapevine, to the northeast of Fort Worth and northwest of Dallas. But what I […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Sunday, June 12, 2005: The more essays, columns and commentary that I read the more I see that the opposite of humor is not seriousness or many of its synonyms. This perception may just be among current trends, but at least for the time being, the opposite of humor is […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, June 10, 2005: There are serious two mountain bikers moving around on the Town Center Plaza, off the Fayetteville Square. "Serious"? That is, dedicated. First, very good bikes. The 20-something woman and man are wearing fancy helmets and true skintight bicycle shorts and tights, full of logos: Must be […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, June 7, 2005: Why is it that very smart people do such stupid things? I am a very smart person so I should know. -30-
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, June 2, 2005: My wife and I have yet another similar thought process. She doesn’t see it that way. I just now did. I brown-bag to work for three reasons. The least is cost. The middle is that fast food all tastes alike after not too many weeks, including […]