Thu - July 7, 2005

Query: The annual TV press junket


Too late for July's, but there's another one, incredibly, in January

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Completed (almost) spec: Herbal Tonic Bars


a service piece, or a parody of a service piece? Available.

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RHF #1


This one has to do with the Terry Schiavo case.

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U.S. Soldiers Told To "Beat The F*** Out Of" Prisoners


I guess this isn't really news in the sense of "new," so that's a perfectly good reason it isn't in the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, any other major daily, or on CNN or any of the network news. For my public radio show about American prisons, go here

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Completed Spec: "Being Bad Magazine Writing"


A compendium of cliches (available for sale)

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On travel



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On food


Needs a better kicker.

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On work


Wrote this for Newsweek's "My Turn" column a long time ago, but it turned into something better for me than it was for them. And too long. Recently revised & shortened it & sent it in.

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Query: FOB travel mag ideas about L.A.


Article ideas for sale

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Query: 9 Time Zones, 10 Days, 11-month old


Article idea for sale

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Query: Concierge-service Competition


Article Idea for sale

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Query: Generic Prozac Doesn't Work


Article idea for sale: I pitched this to numerous outlets in 2002 to no response. Funny, in 1995 you could have made a throat-clearing sound that sounded like "Prozac" and it'd sell an article. Maybe now, with information coming out about the links between anti-depressants and violence in teenagers , it'll be of interest again.

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Progressive Review


Sam Smith pores over media all day and all night to compile a collection of mostly overlooked stories from around the world. http://prorev.com/indexa.htm

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Professional site



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Wed - July 6, 2005

My pre-war Iraq debate


This is the total correspondence between myself & a good friend that occurred between Feb. 20 and April 21, 2003. Post-hoc comments are in italics. The rest of it is reproduced here in full & unedited. My correspondent goes first, then me, and we alternate.

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