Published Articles by and about Steve Stockdale

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Newspaper Columns from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Star-Telegram Why must a federal case be made out of using bad words? (Nov 10, 2008) Every three decades or so, there's a federal case over broadcasting bad language. The most recent was on Election Day before the Supreme Court.
Semantic pollution fouling the airwaves (Aug 9, 2008) Chesapeake Energy's impressive and expensive PR campaign has folks asking questions. Lots of questions.
But what if ... ? (May 10, 2008) The local community had an opportunity to go beyond talking about talking about race. Instead, we passed to avoid the front page, content to be merely a footnote.
The Texas Spring Palace and the fall of a brave man (Feb 2, 2008) An obscure monument south of downtown Fort Worth recalls a progenitor of the Stock Show and the tragedy that occurred there. [pdf]
Friendship: football, band, church and a major question (Nov 12, 2005)You never know what will come after the question, "Do you want to hear my story?"
A long, winding stream (Aug 27, 2005) Don't like feeling like a fish flopping on an August sidewalk? Don't give up hope.
The code of our country (May 28, 2005) In 21st-century America, honor is an option — not necessary, not sufficient, desirable only if it doesn't jeopardize the bottom line.
A word by any other name (Feb 26, 2005) Changing words doesn't change what they refer to — but it may change attitudes.

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perspective Town Hall antics seem to be propaganda, by George Schwarz or archived copy Amarillo Independent, August 12, 2009
A Report from the Twelfth National Workshop on Cognitive Language Skills for the 21st Century, Centre for Contemporary Theory, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. November 3-5, 2007
Think Before You Speak DNA (Daily News & Analysis), November 20, 2007, Mumbai Edition
National Workshop on General Semantics DIVYA BHASKAR DAILY, November 6, 2007, Gujarat, India
The head of the semantics institute takes little at face value Dallas Morning News, Nov 5, 2006 (or full image)
excerpts from Capitalizing on Career Chaos by Helen Harkness, Ph.D.
Avoiding dating disasters, Dallas Morning News, Dec 29, 2003 (or pdf)
Brimming with knowledge, Dallas Business Journal, Jul 18, 2003 (or pdf)
It's a study of our lives, in so many words, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Aug 13, 2002

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To know and not to act is not to know.—attributed to Lao Tse
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.—index card tacked to Einstein's office wall
Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.—Dan Jenkins, Semi-Tough

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