CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
JULY 7, 10:30 AM
ARIZONA REPUBLIC NEWSPAPER
After leaving the morning meeting with Specs, I wander out onto the hot sidewalk of Phoenix and consider how I might drum up a good story for this week’s Sunday headline. Deciding to stroll down Phoenix’s main street, I stop to talk with a few people as I amble along in the heat. Finally, I come to Durant’s Steakhouse and decide to go in for a tall cool Dos Equis. It’s just lunchtime, and they are preparing for the large crowd that appears every day. I am not hungry, so I head to the bar for a tall cool one.
As I sit there, looking out over the dining room, I see the good people of Phoenix, the hard-working office personnel, the laborers, and others come in for a quick lunch special. There, sitting in the back booth, is one
