Over the years, most cops I’ve met have been decent people. Trouble is, when you run into a bad one, with a bad attitude, on a power trip, well, it’s bad, because they wear a badge and you don’t.
A guy called The Advance office recently to give us a shout-out — love what you write, love the paper, etc.
Is there anything worse in the world than a hypocrite?
Here I am, working hard to finish this true-crime book about the 1960 murder of McAllen Teacher Irene Garza, and what do I stumble upon? A quote from Pope Francis, trying to explain to people like me that what we are doing constitutes a grave sin.
Ghost newsrooms. Meaning, newsrooms filled with no reporters. Newspapers without a single reporter? How is that supposed to work? Apparently, not all that well, according to a Nov. 24, 2023 Wall Street Journal story written by Alexandra Bruell.
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