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Quoth the Halloween retailer, “Ever more.” That’s what the experts are predicting for 2021, at least, with record sales expected to hit $10.14 billion, up from last year’s $8.05 billion when people were spooked by the pandemic. This, according to a USA Today story, quoting the National Retail Federation, which is counting on sales…
Journalism. Maybe it was always complicated. Maybe readers were always confused about where you’re coming from, were skeptical, or just outright hostile. But today? Reporters and editors are hanging on by their fingertips over a widening chasm. I find myself longing for the “good old days” of Walter Cronkite, who signed off every CBS…
My blog about writing, journalism, crime, faith, life as we know it, and politics (if I can’t resist the temptation to stop myself, and if I think I might have something useful to say). As you can tell from the title of my second book, after 40 years as a reporter, I like to think…