We had a primary election here this past Saturday and voter turnout was low … somewhere around 43 percent. And that’s the percentage of registered voters. A lot of people don’t even register, so measured against the larger number — all the eligible voters — the number will be even smaller. That’s embarrassing. And it’s…
Typically, I take three trips a year, two of which are for NARP* meetings. If you travel as much as I do, it’s nice to have an understanding wife. No, wait! That doesn’t begin to do justice to what I’m getting at. Let me rephrase the thought. If you spend close to two months a year…
My first job – that is, my first real job – was at a television station in Hartford, Connecticut. I was nineteen and regrouping after a brief and spectacularly unsuccessful experience at the University of Colorado, when, miraculously, I was offered a job as Floor Manager at the local NBC affiliate, WKNB-TV. To be quite…
Doors open and close for us all through life. I was reminded of that tonight while having a bite to eat with my old friend, Doug Carlson, here in Sacramento. My first real job — and still the one I enjoyed the most — was at WKNB-TV, the NBC television affiliate in New Britain, Connecticut….