Doug Larson

Doug Larson (born February 10, 1926) wrote a daily column for the Green Bay Press-Gazette^[1] and a weekly column for the Door County Advocate^[2] — both Wisconsin-based newspapers. The column was originally syndicated through United Media under the title "Senator Soaper Says"; Larson took over authorship in 1980.^[3] Previously, it had been written by Bill Vaughn of the Kansas City Star.^[4]

Doug's quotes have been widely circulated on the Internet and occasionally show up on T-shirts. He was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

References

1. ^ Ebert (2007), "Doug Larson", The Houston Pilgrim, http://thehoustonpilgrim.com/CM/Larson_04_08_07.htm, retrieved 2010-04-03 
2. ^ "Doug Larson Quotations", Kwoted, http://www.kwoted.com/authors/larson.shtml, retrieved 2010-04-03 
3. ^ Riley, Sam G. (1995), Biographical dictionary of American newspaper columnists, pp. 172–173, ISBN 978-0313291920, http://books.google.com/books?id=XSGKylQuBocC&lpg=PA172&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q=&f=false, retrieved 2010-04-03 
4. ^ Petras, Kathryn; Petras, Ross (2009), Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats: Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times, pp. 367, ISBN 978-0761155256, http://books.google.com/books?id=Zudl8qlMLkoC&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq=%22Senator+Soaper+Says%22&source=bl&ots=XWT0152uNY&sig=fuETYh_DHHylp-8oRRZ-TYZ0vqw&hl=en&ei=mu22S5TrNZWI8wSWjPm4Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=&f=false, retrieved 2010-04-03 

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