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All the Dude ever wanted was his newspaper back… Vol. 2

So, yes, my efforts to get a replacement paper from the Kansas City Star worked (see previous blog entry). I’m no less angry about the corporate nature of the paper, but it has possessed a corporate nature since William Rockhill Nelson established “a paper for the people (but not really)”…

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All the Dude ever wanted was his newspaper back… It really tied the day together.

Ms Parrish, An E-mail reply would be nice but not necessary. A Kansas City Star newspaper on my driveway is necessary. I didn’t get a newspaper this morning. I wrote the circulation desk through the channels you provide in the kansascity.com website around 9 a.m. I still don’t have a…

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Ah, the light of spring and the horrors it brings

Billie, You know asking me what’s up is a loaded question, I think. I write, so that’s why you’ll get the lowdown. I understand that most people do not write letters or expect them when they send a quick E-mail. Forgive me. My class is taking a test right now, which…

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The nature of the bully and his relationship to you as a woman

Jaquie, I was busy today and looked only very briefly at the last letter you sent. In reference to men making brash and unsupported (or that they support with specious and biased bullshit) statements about women, I only get angry, then I get mean, and finally I become thoughtful and…

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Employment is hell

Jesus, Roger, I get it. More than I can tell you, I get it. Employment is hell. Period. Your feelings and sentiments about the your job sound a lot like my book-editing days at a family-owned publisher. I’d worked for a newspaper for several years. An out-of-town corporation bought the…

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