Press Talk: Searching for forever more
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — I opted to look — really look — for something I seemed to have lost some time ago.
Press Talk taking a vacation
Editor Lou Brancaccio’s Press Talk column will return to the website and the Saturday Clark County section after he returns from vacation.
Press Talk: Of auto love and tough questions
There's always something special about your first love.
Press Talk: Hey, people call me. They do!
Hey, call me! No, I meant for dinner or your book club. I didn't mean call me names.
Press Talk: Newton's laws & public unions
Good morning, class. Let's talk about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's thumping of the unions' attempt to get him recalled.
Press Talk: Building a shenanigans scale
Politicians often do funny stuff. In fact just the other day I was looking for a synonym for the word "politics." What did I come up with?
Press Talk: How's that user-fee concept working for ya?
Most of us believe in the user-fee concept where, rather than taxing everyone, someone who uses a service pays for it.
Press Talk: Of legacies and why we do stories
I sneaked into the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington’s annual luncheon this week, and what a neat time that was.
Press Talk: Of Big John and dialogue
Back in the mid-’80s, when John Branton first joined The Columbian, he ran into a larger-than-life, bellowing city editor by the name of Gregg Herrington.
Press Talk: ‘We got something special going on here!’
She was no more than 8. With big, brown eyes and curly hair, she looks back at me with quizzical eyes and a sheepish grin. I had been making a scene for some time now, and she couldn’t quite figure it out. So I try to explain the importance of the moment to her.
Press Talk: Come on, man! Plus other stuff
When I got into this crazy business, I remember noting that my salary as a reporter was below the poverty line.
Press Talk: Of boots, ’gates and politics
WASHINGTON -- OK, lots of folks go to lots of conventions in lots of different fields. And I’m sure those accountant, software and milk carton manufacturer gatherings have their own certain special alluring features.
