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Why not me?

By Joel Thurtell I just don’t get it. The geniuses who run the New York Times op-ed page. Why don’t they pick me? I don’t have any lucrative government contracts. Why, I don’t have any kind of government contract. I … Continue reading

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Vanity publishing and The NY Times

By Joel Thurtell [paypal-donation] Far as I can recall, I started writing my book, Shoestring Reporter, 28 years ago. I’d just landed a job as a full time staff writer with the South Bend Tribune and was quite full of … Continue reading

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