What can I say? I, like many other media figures, blog. I love the spirited interaction with the viewers that log onto NBC15.com. Whether good or bad, flattering or insulting, condemning or condoning, I value their comments. It affirms my beliefs that the media is still valued and its personalities respected. I have included a few of the blogs that I have written lately. If you would like to read my most recent blogs go to www.nbc15.com/blogs.

Are Women Ladies?
	Saturday I had this debate with our producer about whether women should be called ladies. Where do you stand? I'm not a big fan of political correctness. But like most people, I respect others and wish not to offend them if I can avoid it. But, what happened to me on Saturday completely caught me off guard, and I am not sure what to do. Read more...

Read Please

I regret to report the following. For two years prior to moving to Madison, I produced and anchored a morning show in Wyoming. Shortly after arriving there, I created a segment simply entitled, "The History of Wyoming". Every week I featured a different aspect of Wyoming and went into detail about its history. I highlighted everything you can think of: Indian tribes, dinosaurs, street names, bars, the economy, the Oregon Trail and I even did one on the climate. But the piece that sticks out most to me is a segment I did on The Heart Mountain Internment Camp. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 whereby sending all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast to internment camps inland. One of these camps was in Wyoming at Heart Mountain, where more than 10,000 people lived in the three years it operated. After the story aired I got a call from a viewer who knew someone who lived at the camp. His name was Bill Hosokawa. I was able to track down Mr. Hosokawa and asked him for an interview. To my surprise he agreed, and a few days later I packed the news van and drove 285 miles southeast to Denver. Read more...