Email Author Tom Fitzpatrick

1991 Stories by Tom Fitzpatrick

• THE FANS' MAN

  published March 6, 1991

  They finally elected Bill Veeck to baseball's Hall of Fame. I don't pretend to know how that honor would sit with him, though. Even... More >>

• Forget About It

  published March 6, 1991

  People keep asking me if I think Arizona's two senators will get away with it. I tell them I don't think so. Everyone tells me I'm wrong... More >>

• KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRICE

  published February 13, 1991

  Senator Carolyn Walker stuffs $5,600 in cash into her purse. She smiles. She rises from her chair and heads for the door. "Sorry I... More >>

• NOT WITH A BANG, BUT A WHIMPER

  published February 13, 1991

  On the morning after the indictments came out, Representative Jim Meredith came to his state capitol office at his usual time. He... More >>

• THE LOVER

  published February 6, 1991

  It's odd about the people you remember best. I came into this business before Don Larsen pitched his perfect game for the New York... More >>

• ALL THE NEWS THAT'S NOT FIT TO PRINT

  published February 6, 1991

  The battle over Peter Arnett and his reporting from Saddam Hussein's capital of Baghdad will not go away. Turn on any local... More >>

• THE WORDS OF WAR:A MOTHER AND A GENERAL

  published January 30, 1991

  Sue Appleberry waits anxiously. The war protest rally will begin in minutes. Never before has she made a speech in public. She feels her... More >>

• The Blast Detail

  published January 23, 1991

  It took a war with Iraq to do it, but I've forgotten all about the sins of Senators Dennis DeConcini and John McCain. These days, I spend... More >>

• GOOD LUCK, ARIZONA

  published January 16, 1991

  Two men from Harvard. Their names are Samuel P. Goddard III and J. Fife Symington III. Both seek to become the next... More >>

• A ROSE BY ANY OTHER FAME

  published January 16, 1991

  Pete Rose deserves to be in baseball's Hall of Fame. The preliminary committee which chooses the names to be placed on the... More >>

• THE GUNS OF JANUARY

  published January 16, 1991

  It came so unexpectedly. Congress had been debating for three days. Now it was almost time for the final vote in the United States... More >>

• THE KINSHIP OF KILLERS

  published January 9, 1991

  Mario Puzo has always insisted that when he wrote The Godfather, he knew so little about organized crime that he had no real Mafia dons... More >>

• CORBIN DECKS THE HALLS WITH FOLLY

  published January 9, 1991

  Now, nearly fifteen years later, Don Devereux still remembers the empty feeling. He had just received word that Don Bolles, a reporter... More >>