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Nearly half my life has been spent in and around the newspaper business. During that time I think I have seen the greatest changes in the industry since Gutenberg turned out his first printed sheet back in 1450.
Today there is a...
Posted by editor
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:03:20 PST
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If you think that finding out why woodpeckers don't get headaches is a burning need, you'll be glad to know that two guys who actually did find out have won an international prize, given at Harvard University no less.
It was one of...
Posted by editor
- Mon Feb 12, 2007 09:34:30 PST
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Fifteen years ago, when my doctor gave me a routine physical, he asked me how long ago I had my heart attack. I told him I had never had a heart attack. From then on the discussion got pretty heated because he kept insisting I had...
Posted by editor
- Mon Feb 5, 2007 10:49:43 PST
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I keep telling myself that vanity plays tricks with our memories. As we get older (and hopefully smarter) we get pretty good at forgetting the dumb stuff we did before arthritis and other ailments made it impossible, or at least painful,...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:44:35 PST
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I keep telling you the mainstream news media isn't giving you the real skinny about what's happening these days. It's true that Fox News, CNN and the big metropolitan papers cover the earth-shattering stuff, like who's the father of Anna...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:24:53 PST
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You might not have noticed that the last country music radio station in Los Angeles has switched to another format, leaving the city with nothing on the airwaves for good old boys.
I'm sure this reflects changes in the city's ethnic...
Posted by editor
- Mon Jan 8, 2007 16:13:19 PST
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As you sift through your Christmas bills, you might be in the mood for Uncle Bill's Guide to Staying Out of Debtor's Prison.
I know. In this enlightened age they don't throw people in the hoosegow for not paying their bills. But don't...
Posted by editor
- Tue Jan 2, 2007 11:39:54 PST
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If you haven't traveled Highway 99 up the San Joaquin Valley recently, believe me when I say it's a bummer. Once the major north-south highway through California, before Interstate 5, Highway 99 is now obsolete and overcrowded. Listen to...
Posted by editor
- Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:32:54 PST
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I have never been able to figure out what makes the stock market tick. I'm not sure anybody does. Experts are still arguing over what caused the stock market crash in 1929 that brought on the Great Depression. I have read several...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:42:37 PST
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My former business partner Dick Johnson sent me an email the other day with a great idea for preserving the heritage of Tehachapi. Dick and his brother Warren took me in as a partner in the Tehachapi News 30 years ago. Don't let that...
Posted by editor
- Mon Dec 4, 2006 18:52:19 PST
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I'm having violent attacks of self-disgust and it's all the fault of Wal-Mart.
For years I have been a tiresome loudmouth in skewering Wal-Mart for a whole bunch of reasons. As if my opinion means anything to anybody, I have...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:06:21 PST
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I have no idea what cavemen laughed at but I'm pretty sure they had their chuckles.
Nature seems to have given humans a strong sense of humor that tends to surmount pain and terror. It's typical that in the midst of battle, warriors...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:05:34 PST
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I think commercial television would go bankrupt if it didn't have all those commercials for medications. If you watch enough TV you become convinced there's a remedy for every mental and physical ill. Even when you don't think there is...
Posted by editor
- Mon Nov 6, 2006 11:50:20 PST
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If you have ever been to Disney World at Orlando, Fla., you might have seen a nearby residential area called Celebration. It was developed by the Disney Corporation and for a long time was run by the Disney people to make sure it...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:45:21 PST
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I'm sure the Homeland Security people are trying hard to protect us from a repeat of 9/11, but experience tells us that the most extreme security measures can be undone in the most unexpected ways.
This came to mind a while back when...
Posted by editor
- Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:20:23 PDT
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