Shy of a Load Let’s not go postal, it’s not a trend, according to the Poynter Institute on Aug. 26-27 in “Before Today, 8 Journalists Have Been Murdered While on Assignment, at Work or for Their Work in the U.S. Since 1992.” Writer Kristen Hare states: “The on-air shooting deaths of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker […]
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Got My Back, Background?
Although it’s only been a year, I’m back in the job market. Heck, some people resume sending out resumes in weeks. New in 2015, with the positions for which I qualify, are third-party background checks. Fortunately, I am an angel. Earlier this summer, R— S— (hereinafter known as “Auld Acquaintance”) applied at T— U— (hereinafter […]
Shy of a Load I haven’t thought of Coach Jim Rowland in ages, but apparently he’s still there, now athletic director for Fort Smith, Arkansas, Public Schools. His address to the School Board there Monday the 24th inspired the editorial “That Is All” in The City Wire regional news website. How did I know Rowland, […]
Here are links, annotated, mentioned in my portion of a Panel on Ethics at the 39th annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, in Indianapolis. These were prepared with the assumption the room would have a projector etc. Wrong. I had a Plan B — always have a Plan B as well as […]
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Hang Separately
America is not a nice country. Hardly any of the other countries think so. If they say the U.S. is a nice nation, that’s for show, to stay on our good side. It’s just to be nice. We are a nation led by elected officials, often compromised by “contributions,” as we call them. We are […]
Of course I’d known of him, Miller Williams. In the 1990s, living in Little Rock, I was relearning how to read verse. He was an Arkansas poetry icon, along with Maya Angelou and John Gould Fletcher. We claim a good share of songwriters as well. Miller died Jan. 1, 2015, at age 84. • • […]