Two Gents' Worth
November 22, 2024
Fresno
The tussle at Hoover High School between a Fresno Police officer and a 16-year old student who was caught crossing a busy street against the traffic signal reminds us that America is a nation of laws and most of those laws are on the books for good reason. It’s also a good opportunity to refresh…
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Books
Peggy Noonan is widely and justifiably known for her brilliant series of columns in the Wall Street Journal. She has been writing these columns for the past 15 years, and regular readers have found them to be elegantly written, well thought-out and extraordinarily clear in their messages. Now Noonan has compiled the “best” of her…
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Announcements
Today we are pleased to introduce the second of our authors, Bud Elliott. After a nearly fifty-year career in broadcast journalism, Bud Elliott retired from the anchor desk at KSEE-TV in May of 2014. Beginning as an after-school disc jockey at a small rock and roll radio station 1965 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bud’s career has…
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Fresno
It’s hard to believe that summer is almost over in Fresno, but you know the end is near when you see kids returning to school. Of course, school starts earlier than it ever did when I grew up around here. Seems to me we didn’t have to go back to classes until after Labor Day,…
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Donald Trump
We can all see this one coming, can’t we? Our current presidential campaign – the one being waged by two of the most distrusted and disliked major-party candidates in recent memory – is on track to render the eventual winner a failure. It’s a “take no prisoners” campaign – full of personal insults, wild charges,…
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I was glad to hear that Fresno mayor Ashley Swearengin already has a new gig lined up when she leaves office in a few months. Swearengin is going to become the president and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation – a local nonprofit clearinghouse for charitable contributions and grants. And I say – good…
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Vin Scully is retiring, and that’s a very big deal, indeed. When I was kid, growing up in Fresno, I loved playing baseball on all those glorious warm summer nights. We’d play wiffleball or hardball or softball – whatever we had on hand – late into the evening – until we couldn’t see anymore. We’d…
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Announcements
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be rolling out The Elliott-Hart Report. For now we’d like to introduce the first of our writers and editors, Dennis Hart. Dennis has nearly 40 years experience in broadcast journalism. He has been a reporter, producer, executive producer, assignment manager, assistant news director and news director.
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