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Rich Heiland is a former newspaper reporter, editor and publisher. He was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team and also taught journalism at Western Illinois University. For nearly 20 years he operated an international consulting, speaking and training business specializing in customer service, general management, leadership and staff development. He lives with his wife in Huntsville, TX, north of greater Houston. He can be reached at freepresstx@gmail.com.

Some random thoughts after the Pennsylvania primaries….

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                  SOME QUICK THOUGHTS on the Pennsylvania Primary this week…             In Chester County, where I live, almost 9,000 more Democrats than Republicans turned out. At most polling places Democrats had a Continue Reading →

TV coverage of Trump hush money trial is laughable. Don’t believe me? Listen to John Stewart..

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Trial coverage is an example of broadcast “news” inability to play it straight, to cut back on the drama and actually used a functional definition of what news is. If Continue Reading →

Some Random Thoughts About Republicans in the News…..

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            SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS… Oh, Marjorie…          So, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the lightweight Republican nutcase from Georgia, says she will make a motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson if he Continue Reading →

George is saying farewell to writing a weekly column but like most writers, he probably won’t just fade away…

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Note from Rich Heiland, emptyingmybrain… For almost 60 years, George S. Smith worked as a newspaper reporter, photographer, investigative journalist, newspaper association executive, travel writer, higher education instructor, motivational speaker, Continue Reading →

George has a short list of people who have tired him out….

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Stray thoughts from the brain pan             Every single person on this planet, now, then, and in the future, had/has/will have something that irritates the unholy hell out of them.       That Continue Reading →

On a rainy Sunday afternoon, with nothing else to do, I went out and found someone to vote for…

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I take the office of state attorney general, very seriously, having lived in Texas under two radical Republican AGs. After spending some time listening to Eugene DePasquale I decided he Continue Reading →

It’s hard to believe it’s been 50 years since my wife saved the lives of our children and gave us new life

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Fifty years ago today a record wave of tornadoes swept the Midwest. The largest hit Xenia, Ohio, leading to more then 30 deaths, hundreds of injuries and destruction of almost Continue Reading →

Behind all the glitz and money at Joe Biden’s New York gala this week there was a strong message – it’s going to take a team to save democracy on Nov. 5, 2024

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Democrats are beginning to listen to their past winners and the message is that whoever wins Main Street is going to win everything else. That’s going to require you and Continue Reading →