From October 6, 1866, until February of 1869, the nation's newspapers carried headlines covering the saga of the world's first train robbers and the apparent lawlessness of Jackson County, Indiana. The Reno gang's fame was…
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I am, and have always been since I first became acquainted with his body of work, a huge fan of comedian/actor/writer/producer/director Albert Brooks. I find myself thoroughly entranced with his uncanny ability to relate the…
The NY Times arrived this morning with the Sunday magazine devoted to "The Lives They Lived," an extra round of obits for people who exited in 2012. Guess who wasn’t mentioned? I suppose if they'd…
On Christmas Day, several new movies hit the big screen. The most notable this year was the latest version of Les Miserables, which opened to critical acclaim. I sat in seat K2 at the 10am…
On May 20th, 2011, a confused and nude Claudia Pedreros was found wandering on a remote Trinity County road. Her two and a half year old daughter, Sophia, was missing and later found drowned in…
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” — Jack Kerouac More than fifty years after his novel was first published (in 1957), a movie has finally been…
One time many years ago Augie, Frank and I were hunting in Trinity County. We started north of the small place named Xenia but there wasn't much in the way of deer. It was after…