• August 2013 Photographs and Perspectives

    A Major Step in the Right Direction on Marijuana In the way of good news, this story is a positive note on which to end the summer and this month’s column: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-administration-will-not-preempt-state-marijuana-laws–for-now/2013/08/29/b725bfd8-10bd-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPN My focus on the marijuana...

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  • A Case for the Professional Juror

    I met the guy who runs this website ten years ago when we sat on the same jury in Los Angeles for a civil suit.  Here are the elements of that trial: -A guy started a computer...

    • Posted 12 years ago
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  • Turning Cobra into Python

    Here is a posted response to my recent review of “Sullivan’s Travels”.  I included the picture the reader references.   John on July 20, 2013 at 9:59 am said:   In the past, I have tried but failed to...

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  • Santa Monica Beach – The 1996 Independent Spirit Awards

      I read a headline saying Sandra Bullock is not interested in taking part in “The Heat 2” and it reminded me of an interaction I had with her shortly after I moved to LA. For whatever...

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  • Classic Movie Review: “Sullivan’s Travels” (1941) Written and Directed by Preston Sturges

        Dan Walker On Film         Director: Preston Sturges (“The Lady Eve”, “The Great McGinty”, “The Great Moment”, and, if he added the words “The Great” to the title of this movie, I...

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