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Remember When We Listened to the Radio

"His pointing turned into jumping up and down, serious histrionics. I turned around and discovered that the red microphone light was still on and the morning audience had heard our entire conversation. The “Great Voice of the Great Plains” was swearing at people as they rolled out of bed."

Conspiracy theories

Seeing is Deceiving

The UFO had appeared so regularly to local residents that they had given it the nickname of “Bubba.” One witness told a lady on the beach, “I know what I saw, ma’am, and it was clearly a Type 2, Zeta Reticuli craft.”

Journalism

Colleagues I Hardly Knew Ye

"Expect to hear lots about Project 2025, Kamala's supposed "communist professor" father, a California politician she dated, and more. We'll hear from Trump how the Ukraine War will be ended in one day (?) and China will pick up your grocery tab with tariffs, or something like that."

Journalism

The Newsman

Dan Rather's story as a journalist and a Texan is compelling and is the subject of a new Netflix documentary. He was dogged and unafraid and at 92, he is still relevant. His own story might be the best one he’s ever told.

Journalism

The Tragedy of Sky Queen

28-year-old Karen Key was shining up a star for herself in the competitive business of TV news. Key was the first female helicopter news pilot in TV journalism. She could fly a Bell Jet Ranger and talk into the camera with the Rockies as a backdrop - her career was ascending as fast as her takeoffs.

Journalism

Outbound Train

"Mike and I had both earned college scholarships with our performances as high school distance runners and were formulating plans for our lives that did not include Vietnam or our home state, which is why he had agreed to drive me to the Canadian National Train station in Windsor, Ontario."

personal stories

Adventures of a Young Man: The Searcy Incident

I went into the studio, squeaked up my voice, and recorded: “Serving 22 homes, three gas stations, two donut shops, and ten thousand pickup trucks, this is KNAB, Burlington, Colorado,” which was followed by a tinkling of bells.

Journalism

Goldberg

“Parking meters look like periscopes,” I said, as the first video appeared. It was a flood story.

Journalism

Believe it or not, There IS Good News! And we must hear about it. Our health depends on it.

Exhausted with all the doom dumping? It’s time for some good news. It’s important to know what’s happening, but it’s also just as important to take a break from it. How about some good news!

Journalism

Not Necessarily the News

" If you hear reports of a plane crash in Paris, chances are good there was a witness who has already posted about it on Twitter while CNN is struggling to gather actual facts. Eyeballs went a wandering, and ad dollars went a plummeting."

national politics

That Awful Power

Firing a reporter on almost the exact twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has more than a touch of irony. Ben Montgomery, a Tampa correspondent for Axios, was canned for his honesty regarding a document the governor of Florida’s office called a “news release,” which it was not.

media

You Hate Me! You Really Hate Me!

As someone who has been at it with greater or lesser success for 52 years and counting, I wanted to tell you what it’s like on the inside, and how we in the press feel about it.

Journalism

Selling Your Soul

As the old saying goes, "What Price Glory?" Or in this case, ratings.

Journalism

My War Story

As the Anglican Archbishop of East Jerusalem - a Palestinian Christian - Samir Khafiti told me on this trip, “For people here, the Bible is like yesterday’s newspaper. They are fighting battles that go back centuries.”

Texas Politics

If I were asking the questions...

Stop beating around the bush folks, and hold their feet to the fire.

Journalism

Moths that Fly Close to Flames

Margaret has been described as a "swashbuckler." I think that's accurate. Mr. Dictionary says that a swashbuckler is "a person who engages in daring and romantic adventures with bravado or flamboyance." Yeah. That's it. That was Margaret.

Texas Politics

The Streets of Laredo

People around town had told me Lawrence Berry was nothing more than a drifter, a hitchhiker. He took on probably the oldest group of power brokers and backroom bastards in America.

Journalism

YOU HATE ME! YOU REALLY HATE ME!

As someone who has been at it with greater or lesser success for 52 years and counting, I wanted to tell you what it’s like on the inside, and how we in the press feel about it.

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