Author Archives: Deadline Artists

Murray Kempton – He Went All the Way – 9/22/1958

MOSE Wright, making a formation no white man in his county really believed he would dare to make, stood on his tiptoes to the full limit of his sixty-four years and his five feet three inches yesterday, pointed his black, … Continue reading

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Red Smith – Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff – New York Herald Tribune – 10/4/54

Now it is done. Now the story ends. And there is no way to tell it. The art of fiction is dead. Reality has strangled invention. Only the utterly impossible, the inexpressibly fantastic, can ever be plausible again. Down on … Continue reading

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Ernie Pyle – The Death of Captain Waskow – Scripps Howard – 1/10/44

AT THE FRONT LINES IN ITALY, January 10, 1944 – In this war I have known a lot of officers who were loved and respected by the soldiers under them. But never have I crossed the trail of any man … Continue reading

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Walter Lippmann – Amelia Earhart – Herald Tribune – 7/8/37

I cannot quite remember whether Miss Earhart undertook her flight with some practical purpose in mind, say, to demonstrate something or other about aviation which will make it a little easier for commercial passengers to move more quickly around the … Continue reading

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Westbrook Pegler — The Death of Frankie Jerome — News Syndicate — 1/18/24

A yellow-haired kid with a mashed nose and scalloped lips dipped his fingers in the holy water fount of St. Jerome’s Church, crossed himself with the fist that killed Frankie Jerome and went to his knees on the cold marble … Continue reading

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H.L. Mencken – Gamalielese – Baltimore Sun – 3/7/21

On the question of the logical content of Dr. Harding’s harangue of last Friday I do not presume to have views. The matter has been debated at great length by the editorial writers of the Republic, all of them experts … Continue reading

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Frances Pharcellus Church – Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus – New York Sun – 9/21/1897

DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.  Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? -VIRGINIA … Continue reading

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Molly Ivins Interview on Texas, Politics and Bush

Deadline Artists contributor Molly Ivins talking about her experience writing on the Bush administration in both Texas and D.C. In 1970 Molly got her start in Austin writing about the Texas legislature. She went on to write many books about … Continue reading

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Studs Terkel and Mike Royko at Lawry’s Tavern

Two originals, Studs Terkel and Mike Royko hanging out at Lawry’s Tavern in Chicago. Mike Royko, a Deadline Artists contributor, wrote prolific daily columns about Chicago’s culture, sports, and politics. Studs Terkel once explained Royko’s productivity as being “possessed by … Continue reading

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Jimmy Breslin on Damon Runyon

Here is Jimmy Breslin talking about his book Damon Runyon: A Life. Breslin and Runyon are both included in Deadline Artists and both of them wrote about the gritty underbelly of the city. Watch to see more about the connections … Continue reading

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