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I have not read every paragraph in the continue revelations of legal phone and other electronic snooping that began last June when government secrets brought to light by Edward Snowden were confirmed and published in leading newspapers around the world. But I stay pretty current on it as well as study the journalistic underpinnings and […]
Drop that grilled cheese! Come to Ozark Natural Foods in October for my introduction to essential vegetarianism, “Vegan – As Easy As You Want.” Although I’m primarily a wordsmith, by my eyes I’m a foodie. Thus, I’ve offered to teach three 90-minute cooking sessions at the ONF Conference Center, east of the store and also […]
May I predict, with perverse pleasure, the coming split of both the Republican and Democratic parties. I am not referring to the politics as usual intra- and interparty squabbles. The GOP is as strong as ever, but it’s not without the occasional flare. Mid-month and again this week it was over the pronouncements of Sen. […]
A few days ago, a fellow journalist asked me if I planned to grow a goatee for her skit in next month’s Northwest Arkansas Gridiron, the annual satirical sketch revue of the local SPJ. I asked the show’s coordinator, who reminded me that I should look clean-shaven for another skit. Yea, saved by a practical […]
For most summers, Brick has included reportage from the annual conferences of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. They were long, even when broken into several posts per weekend. Reporting this year’s, in Hartford, Conn., was tricky because I left my seat and note-taking repeatedly when called away to troubleshoot. I know I know. Heavy […]
This is a retail dilemma, drafted as a timeline. In writing out the end, a wicked solution crystallizes, It would be wrong, but I want to. Disclaimer. No retail dilemma ever is a real problem, not with poverty, injustice and threats to democracy always looming large. But this quandary can be solved. April 2013 — […]