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My Juneau Alaska Experience
I flew to Alaska last week at the invitation of the Juneau chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and spent four days giving speeches and meeting with public officials and mental health...
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(Click on picture above to see video) Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers columnist Russ Lemmon wasn’t looking for a crusade to lead two years ago when he happened upon a memorial notice in the...
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A Liar, a Murderer and Events that Give Us Pause
Sometimes events in your life give you pause. Last week marked two such events for me. One was from the past and the other was current. First, the past. I was hired in 1980 by legendary journalist...
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The Better Side of Columnist George Will
I can’t remember now if the tip came in first to Howie Kurtz or to me when we were both reporters at The Washington Post. But one of us heard that members of the Reagan Administration were taking...
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Storm Disrupts — But Doesn’t Ruin — My Weekend
Fallen tree limb over gate to Pete’s Office My weekend plans got scuttled when a violent thunderstorm swept through the Washington D.C. area Friday night leaving several hundred thousand residents...
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Out of the Mouths of Children: Accepting Differences Is The American Way
My sister-in-law, Dana Davis, was deaf but she never let her lack of hearing slow her down. When she was a teenager, the local swimming pool said she couldn’t be a lifeguard. My wife, Patti, who was...
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What I Learned About Homelessness: Walking the Streets of Georgetown
After I wrote CRAZY, I wanted to write a book about homelessness so I contacted Gunther Stern, the Executive Director of the Georgetown Ministry Center [GMC} in Washington D.C. and asked if I could...
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My Parents: 69th Wedding Anniversary Today!
My parents, Elmer and Jean, were married 69 years ago today. For health reasons, my father took his bride after the wedding and headed west to Colorado from Pennsylvania. He had no job, only a few...
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Another Parent’s Sad Story, a Good Movie, Tweets, and Kudos to a Housing...
Silver Lining Playbook: Well Worth Seeing A big thank you from me to Dinah Miller, Xavier Amador, Chrisa Hickey, Tracey Skale, and Erika for offering advice last week to A Concerned Parent during my...
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FROM MY FILES : Sex In The Saddle, A Story From My Past
This year, I will celebrate my fortieth anniversary as a journalist/author. Here is a blog that recounts a story from my early days as a reporter in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I hope it makes you smile! FROM...
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