Email Author Deborah Laake

1990 Stories by Deborah Laake

• KICKING A TOUCHDOWNTHE STORY OF A MAN WHO IS OBSESSED WITH DICK MAHONEY'S FOOTBALL CAREER

  published November 14, 1990

  We are tired of hearing that the media is too negative, and so we want to bring you the thrilling story of a man who was inspired. ... More >>

• PFISTER FAMINE

  published November 14, 1990

  It is early in the morning, and Jack Pfister is hunting for cream for his visitor's coffee. He is rustling around in an alcove that is a... More >>

• THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

  published October 31, 1990

  There are some things that you have a right to believe will never happen to you, particularly if you are a Pop Warner mother. ... More >>

• GEORGIA STATON

  published October 3, 1990

  In this atmosphere of tense campaigning, where Georgia Staton, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, has been publicly scorned as a... More >>

• Dick Mahoney

  published October 3, 1990

  At Dick Mahoney's rambling, Spanish-style house in Encanto, there are some very noticeable things: a slightly disreputable gazebo in the backyard,... More >>

• TERRY GODDARD

  published October 3, 1990

  Into the lobby of Terry Goddard's downtown campaign headquarters, someone has just lugged a canvas banner that is painted in new... More >>

• A GROOVY KIND OF POLITICIAN

  published October 3, 1990

  Before September 11, there were seven of them. Seven candidates standing for major office who, at age 45 or younger, were a collective... More >>

• GRANT WOODS

  published October 3, 1990

  On the wall of Grant Woods' office is a photograph, taken of him when he was at Occidental College, together with an old black man named... More >>

• FIFE SYMINGTON

  published October 3, 1990

  There is a very peculiar thing about Fife Symington's education at Harvard, and it is that he felt persecuted there. He is not... More >>