The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
After 11,000 cartoons, Palm Beach Post cartoonist Don Wright leaves the paper tomorrow. He accepted a buyout last month. He’ll finish out the year drawing cartoons for Tribune Media Syndicate before deciding how much a cartooning he wants to do.
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Over 300 Palm Beach Post employees have applied and were granted buyouts in an announcement posted on a blog posting on the Broward Palm Beach web site. Among the list of employees is long time editorial cartoonist Don Wright who has been at the paper since 1988. In addition to the 300 who applied for [...]
ESPN (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Brett Favre's divorce from the Packers reminds the Eagles' Donovan McNabb that, in the NFL, nothing is forever, writes Stephen A. Smith.
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Ivan Moore Research (8/9-12, likely voters, 7/18-22 in parens): Ethan Berkowitz (D) : 51 (52) Don Young (R-inc.) : 41 (37) Don Wright (I) : 4 (7) Ethan Berkowitz (D) : 42 (40) Sean Parnell (R) : 46 (43) Don Wright (I) : 3 (5) (MoE: ±4.4%) Just minor noise since July. Let's check in with the primaries: Ethan Berkowitz (D) : 58 (54) Diane Benson (D) : 24 (25) Don Wright (D') : 3...
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Ivan Moore Research (7/18-22, likely voters): Ethan Berkowitz (D) : 52 Don Young (R-inc.) : 37 Don Wright (I) : 7 Ethan Berkowitz (D) : 40 Sean Parnell (R) : 43 Don Wright (I) : 5 (n=505) Lost in all the hubbub from a couple weeks ago when several polls showed Mark Begich opening up a huge lead on Ted Stevens (even before the Stevens indictment) was that, in the fine print, Ivan Moore...
MLB (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
08/12/2008 1:13 PM ET@-bat music: Pittsburgh PiratesInner rockers come out in Bucs' stadium soundtracksBy Doug Miller and Todd Krise / MLB.comAdam LaRoche gets power at the plate from the classic AC/DC song "Back in Black." (Don Wright/AP) : The Pittsburgh Pirates play in one of the most beautiful new stadiums in the game, PNC Park, where an upper-deck seat gives you a killer view of the Allegheny...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Since I provoked this reply, first my apologies to Don Wright, who I respect greatly. Second, let me say a big "ouch" for the harsh rebuke, probably the first time I have drawn such a reaction from Mr. Wright (that I know of). North Carolina has an exceptional State Board of Elections, and for election administration they are very fair. They have their hands full and so while they graciously...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
If you follow the editorial cartooning scene at all these days, you’ve no doubt heard about the string of layoffs, buyouts and resignations that have been occurring. First off, the great Don Wright accepted a buyout from the Palm Beach Post, one of 300 employees to do so. Then, Dick Adair of the Honolulu Advertiser [...]
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Bob Hall quickly got to the bottom of this on the day: Answer related to Granville Co problems at polls From talking with Don Wright, attorney at the State Board of Elections, it appears that Granville County has a problem in some precincts where people's names have not been included on the printout of the poll book. This is because the county's 911 system hasn't correlated hundreds of addresses...
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
From talking with Don Wright, attorney at the State Board of Elections, it appears that Granville County has a problem in some precincts where people's names have not been included on the printout of the poll book. This is because the county's 911 system hasn't correlated hundreds of addresses to a GIS coordinate, and the GIS coordinate is what the state elections database system uses to assign...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... 2008 some of Dan Rooney's four brothers want to focus their business efforts elsewhere. (AP Photo/Don Wright, File)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
... 2008 some of Dan Rooney's four brothers want to focus their business efforts elsewhere. (AP Photo/Don Wright, File) PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team president Art Rooney II, want to buy Dan Rooney's brothers' shares in the team.The team says some of Dan Rooney's four brothers want to focus their business efforts elsewhere.The Rooney family owns racetracks...
DigElogROCORI (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
... John's Boys' Choir staff a year ago. He has a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Don Wright Faculty of Music of the University of Western Ontario. Another special feature of this video story is a short interview with Br. Paul Richards as he reflects back on the very first trip the Boys' Choir took to Europe. It was for 21 days and included a combination of about 30 boys...
