Category Archives: Journalism
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Me and Meatloaf: Coach Meat, the Meat Test and Margarita Meat
Leave a commentJanuary 21, 2022 by jacklovelace
We had moved to Kansas City. I was interviewing for a job. The boss was sizing me up as we …
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Big Ben the great uncle
Leave a commentJanuary 12, 2022 by jacklovelace
When the Chiefs beat the Steelers this year I commented that Ben Roethlisberger looked like he was 100 years old. …
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Dead End Street
Leave a commentNovember 2, 2021 by jacklovelace
A dumb race. Getting into an argument on one of these social media sites, or watching these guys scream on …
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Baldwin and the aim
Leave a commentOctober 23, 2021 by jacklovelace
In the Baldwin shooting tragedy, the stories leave out one area that is puzzling and one the mind of any …
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A real debit side for Carp
Leave a commentOctober 12, 2021 by jacklovelace
The always gentle Ben Hochman in the St. Louis Dispatch sports wrote a warm sendoff to Matt Carpenter. My response …
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The Denver New York Times
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2021 by jacklovelace
The Sunday Denver Post may have had more New York Times bylines than Denver Post bylines. That is appalling. It …
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Me and Rickie Lee
Leave a commentJuly 10, 2021 by jacklovelace
I never thought much about Rickie Lee Jones. I enjoyed Chuck E’s in Love. I just never really intersected with …
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Observations from the road
Leave a commentJune 14, 2021 by jacklovelace
Just back from a 19 day road trip, long delayed. We traveled from Colorado to Texas to Missouri and then …
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Me and Coach Roy
Leave a commentApril 3, 2021 by jacklovelace
When I was editor of the newspaper in Overland Park, Kansas, I was a Mizzou diehard in a nest of …
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Love affair with Lonesome Dove
Leave a commentApril 1, 2021 by jacklovelace
Larry McMurtry died not too long ago. He wrote a lot of books but nothing compared to Lonesome Dove. i …
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