Category Archives: Stories

Remember The People’s Library

The news coverage about the Occupy Wall Street movement made it easy to have arguments about the rightness or wrongness of the occupiers cause. But in the middle of all of the convoluted arguments about the crimes of financial insiders, … Continue reading

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Miley Cyrus Saves The Newsstand!

Back in the day, you know, way, way back.  Back when we rode our dinosaurs to work and peddled our stone wheeled cars with our feet. Way back then there were significantly more than four major national magazine distributors in … Continue reading

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Sadly, It Really Does All Come Back to Porn

This is true. When I started this blog, one of the things I wanted to do was share some of the stories about my experiences in the newsstand distribution industry during my early years. This was when the business was … Continue reading

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On Daughters Who are Young Women

Editor’s Note: Another post that is not about magazines. As this is Thanksgiving Week, it seems to make sense. Earlier this month, my youngest daughter turned 18. In six months, my oldest daughter will become 21. Supposedly, the hardest part … Continue reading

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