Category: Scoop
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In a talk entitled "Constitutional Relevance in the Age of Obama", Levy will contrast the constitutional views of liberals, conservatives and libertarians – then apply those distinctions to two or three hot-button issues: campaign finance reform, same-sex marriage and health care. When: Thursday ,October 27th, 11:30 am Where: Naples Hilton Hotel, Tamiami Trail just south…
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The Hilton will be our new home for our regular meetings. Get to know it. When: Thursday, October 13 for 5:30 – 7:00pm Where: Naples Hilton on Tamiami Trail just south of Pine Ridge Road. What: Meet in the lobby area near Shula's for networking, fellowship, and drink specials.Please remember that tipping is expected even…
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Letter from Roberta Hecht appeared in NDN and Collier Citizen, May 2011 May 19, 2011,Editor, Naples Daily News: Monday night I had the distinct privilege of attending Golden Gate High School’s “Awards Night”. Specifically, I was in attendance to award a Press Club of Southwest Florida Terrence J. Miller Scholarship to Oscar Santiago-Torres, a most…
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Jim Sheeler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, on his appointment to the faculty at Case Western Reserve University, speaking about a profession undergoing at least a midlife crisis: "A notebook is a passport to all sorts of places…Journalists will discover someway or other to make good money on the Internet. And if they don't, journalism is a life…
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Goodbye to Edwin Newman,outstanding journalist and defender of the honor of the English language. Newman was known for his erudite puns. One of the best : "The man who blotted his wet shoes with newspaper, explaining,"These are the Times that dry men's soles." Click here to read more articles about Edwin Newman
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This is the first in a series of columns about our members, their careers and activities — then and now. SCOOP welcomes your ideas and/or contributions to this column. by Brooke Mundy Carole Greene has every right to be proud. Not only is she a founding member of the Press Club of Southwest Florida,…
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Are you "xenolexic"* ? This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List." Sandra Yeyati shared an interesting article that includes this note: Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with 1000s of 6 x 4 inch cards detailing every declined entry for the Dictionary. Of…
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Some puns for educated minds: 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Alelutian. 3. She was only a whiskey…
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