Two Gents' Worth
December 26, 2024
Civil Society
In recent years, it seems that every time Sharon and I manage to make our way to Disney World in Orlando — and every time we receive a nice greeting on the TV inside our resort room — I write a piece on this very blogsite, saying near the top that it might be the…
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Civil Society
It was, incredibly, exactly a half-century ago this very week when I was hired by Channel 30 as the youngest TV reporter in Fresno. I was 23 — and, of course, almost completely unqualified. I had graduated from Fresno State with a degree in broadcast journalism and taken my first full-time broadcasting job as a…
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Civil Society
On the Saturday night before Thanksgiving a few weeks ago, we had to say good-bye to a beloved family friend. And we cried. Her name was Rocky. She was 17. She had started her life by being pulled out of a trash bin by some kindly people who discovered her when she was only a…
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