Archives for May 2023

Civil Society

More memories? Oh, yes

Written by Dennis Hart, May 17, 2023

In my last posting, I riffed about going back to my alma mater — Fresno State — for the first time in decades. I was doing research in the campus library last Friday, and being there — on campus, that is — generated a whole lot of memories. Well, I went back again today for…

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Civil Society

Back to Campus

Written by Dennis Hart, May 13, 2023

I took a trip back to my past this Friday when I returned to my university alma mater for the first time in years. I had to go to the library at California State University, Fresno (which we locals call “Fresno State”) to conduct research for a report I’m doing for the Madera County Historical…

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Business

Still Curious

Written by Dennis Hart, May 2, 2023

Something’s been rattling around inside my brain for a couple of months now, so I figure I’ll kick it out here, and we can both forget it. It was something Steve Karlin — the great 6 and 10 p.m. anchor on KCCI-TV in Des Moines — said on his last newscast before he retired.  Trying…

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