Richard Thompson is a veteran business journalist who originally hails from Montgomery, Ala. He currently resides in Memphis, TN, where he spent seven years as a reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal. He is the lead writer for Mediaverse:Memphis, an online trade publication that covers the Memphis media.
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The VT Massacre: Using English Teachers as a Defense
To be an effective writer, you have to be a little crazy.
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The World Needs Garden Tools Like Don Imus
Censorship, in any form, is unacceptable.
It's not a reality show; it's a Punk'd extended skit. Funny, Ashton, funny.
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Movie Review: I Think I Love My Wife
It's a gut check movie for married and single folk alike.
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Banning The "N-Word" Makes No Sense
Putting the cuffs on offensive language is meaningless.
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The Etiquette of Dining Out: Use Your Inside Voice!
While cities try to improve the dining experience by banning cigarette smoke, here's another ban to consider: loud people.
Regardless of whether MJB wins one (or more) of her eight Grammy nominations, she has already won with her fans.
How should younger African-Americans follow Lovie's and Tony's example?
I never expected two corporate owned TV stations to try and pull the same scam.
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