BACK IN THE SADDLE

A lesson in saying sorry (6/25/03)

Reports of fraudulent and fabricated stories by a reporter named Jayson Blair at The New York Times have had newsrooms all over the country reflecting on their own snafus.

Hoping his notes lead somewhere (8/13/03)

The phone call started well enough.

Some concepts are tough to explain (8/6/03)

America can be tough to explain.

A brush with danger (8/20/03)

So, after reading last week's column about the directions to my brother's house in Minneapolis, you have a right to know. Did we find it?

Looking for a few good walls (5/21/03)

Our house doesn’t really need more room, but it could use more walls.Let me explain, or try to.

Cherry brings back memories (6/18/03)

The tart first bite exploded in my mouth. You could almost taste the summer sun. And I was a kid again.

Knowledge can be dangerous (8/27/03)

We knew we were in trouble before the bottom half of the first inning.

'Trading Spaces' overload (7/16/03)

“You’ve been watching ‘Trading Spaces’ too much,” said Pam Brown in our Dunkirk office.

Get in, don't get caught (9/17/03)

Mike Snyder hit the button as I was heading out of the newsroom.On my way to Marion for a meeting, I mentioned that I was heading up to Bryant, then taking Ind. 18 over.

A look at local legends (9/24/03)

Did anyone ever really believe in the Hollow Block monster?

Cookout saves the holiday

“You feel like cooking out this weekend?” my wife asked.Sure, I thought. It’s Labor Day after all. What better time for a cookout?

Security tight at this White House, too (10/1/03)

It wasn't my first trip to the White House.But it was my first trip to this White House.

Heading out again to Asia (9/10/03)

The guy said in his e-mail, "Pack for Denver."And I found myself wondering, what the heck does that mean?

Insecure about security (10/15/03)

It’s 4:30 a.m., and you’re sitting on one of the cold steel benches at Manas International Airport, a squat little concrete structure outside of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, not far from where U.S. Air Force troops are based in support of the mission in Afghanistan.

Step forward, two back (10/29/03)

One step forward and two steps back.
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