Dodge Globe Blogs

It's been interesting to note the difference of opinions we've received since we announced our decision to retire the Globe Exchange. While some have said they were pleased to see it go, we've had others that have asked us to reconsider it, as they enjoyed the unvarnished, anonymous opinions.

We definitely appreciate the feedback we've received so far. Good and bad, it shows that people are reading our newspaper and personally involved with our features.

In 1963, Esquire magazine staffers Robert Benton and David Newman were working on a movie treatment based on the lives of two 1930s gangsters, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. They had no previous movie-writing experience, but they were hoping they could use their treatment to attract famous French director Francois Truffaut to direct the film.

Keep your eyes on the Daily Globe in the upcoming month.

With a new year comes new changes and improvements to your Dodge City Daily Globe.

— Mark

 My mom always used to say we shouldn't take things for granted.

Good words to live by, even as an adult.

This story from the BBC seems to under line that nugget of wisdom on a professional level: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7815067.stm

In an effort to stop Mexican journalists from reporting on the drug cartels that have overrun the country, gunmen showered the TV station with bullets. 

Despite several books promising to dispel some of the secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court, the court retains some of its air of mystery -- and consequently, much of its influence.

Author Jeffrey Toobin's 2007 book "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court," is one of the most recent books to shed some light on the court's workings. And for my money, it's one of the best.

"Dodge is the Deadwood of Kansas. Her incorporate limits are the rendezvous of all the unemployed scallwagism in seven states. Her principal business is polygamy without the sanction of religion, her code of morals is the honor of thieves, and decency she knows not."

- The Hays Daily Sentinel, 1870s -

I stumbled across this quote in late 2008 while doing some research for a post haunted Kansas -- a post I hope to have up later this month.

The publishing world is overrun with memoirs written by recovering addicts, alcoholics, and those who suffered from dysfunctional childhoods. So how does a journalist tell his story of addiction and recovery without falling prey to the same cliches that plague so many other memoirs on the same subject?

By re-reporting his own life.

When it comes to fighting the war on terror, throw the rulebook out the window.

In a nutshell, that was the Bush administration's legal response to the challenges presented by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to Jane Mayer's new book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals." Mayer charts, in devastating detail, the steps that led the Bush administration to seek unlimited presidential power and steamroll over constitutional protections in pursuing a shadowy band of terrorists.

It sounds like the plot of way too many sports movies: An old-style, hardline coach molds a group of underachieving players into a team that, despite individual character flaws, holds together long enough to win a state championship.

In this case, the story is true.

A photo the Globe shot the first day of December is making its rounds around the country.

http://www.csmonitor.com/photosoftheday/index.php?image=6&date=specials/...

Not only has the Christian Science Monitor picked up the photo, it's run both in-state and in various other national publications.

It's pretty cool to see Dodge City getting play alongside Jordan, Bulgaria and India.

Check out the original photo here:  http://www.dodgeglobe.com/localnews/x1720694974/PHOTO-The-moon-Jupiter-a....