Be a hell-raiser

Fresh from the Army, my dream was to create great literature.
My models were Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Wolfe.
While preparing to become a great novelist, I had to earn a living.
My father suggested working at our hometown newspaper.
The minute I walked into the newsroom, I felt I had found a home.
As a journalist, I wanted to publish the truth and raise hell.
My new models were muck-raising journalists.
They comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable.
We have exposed political, corporate and union corruption.
We have exposed institutional injustices and industrial pollution.
We have uncovered the abuse of political and corporate power.
We have exposed malicious caregivers who abused the helpless.
We have been sued four times — unsuccessfully.
No one who has sued us has yet to win a dime in settlement.
Now it is my privilege to teach others how to raise hell.
Our world needs more hell-raisers.
People who are satisfied never contribute much to progress.
Change is constant. You either grow or stagnate.
You’re either green and growing . . . or ripe and rotting.
That’s my challenge to you. Deal with change.
Stay green and growing. Raise hell. Make things happen.
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