At the age of 40, Pastor Richard Gazowsky – the magnetic and vociferous leader of the Voice of Pentecost Church on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco, saw his first movie. Soon after, he announced to his congregation that God had called upon him to direct a major motion picture. But not just any major motion [...]

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Released in 2003 as a made-for-TV special, this film was originally titled Mrs. Ashboro’s Cat. After airing sporadically on different channels over the years, the film is now being repackaged and given a new life as Ghost Cat – thanks in no small part to Ellen Page’s recent stardom. And though it’s very likely that [...]

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In 1991, comedian Bobcat Goldthwait made his directorial debut with the underrated (and underseen) Shakes the Clown, a vulgar and hilarious comedy that happened to include a cameo from Robin Williams. Almost two decades later (and after much more work as a director – though mostly in television) Goldthwait is back with World’s Greatest Dad, [...]

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Our inalienable rights, guaranteed by the United States Constitution, have steadily become alienable. The actions of Congress and the States are restricting our freedom.   Years ago, with the advent of the automobile, when codifying this new means of transportation, states decreed that having a driver’s license was a right. Today, having a driver’s license [...]

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According to an editorial in the New York Times, “Vague Cyberbullying Law,” “Lori Drew acted grotesquely if, as prosecutors charged, she went online and bullied her daughter’s classmate, a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide.  A federal court was right, however, to throw out her misdemeanor convictions recently.  The crimes she was found guilty [...]

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This espionage-suspense caper is set during World War II, but during that odd and brooding breath-of-a moment-time period during 1941 when Russia, and England were in a desperate, full-out balls-to-the wall war effort against Nazi Germany, and America was officially a neutral nation but teetering on a knife-edge, with powerful and influential people and organizations [...]

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Mastering The New Rules Of Risk-Taking In Work And Life Let me pose a question, what brings about success and happiness? It was with this question on my mind that I read Libby Gill’s new book You Unstuck. I think I know the answer that Libby would propose, change and risk taking are the two [...]

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Some years ago two residents in our neighborhood were needlessly killed when they made wrong moves in dealing with their robbers. One was a father in our baby-sitting pool. A robber came to the door of his apartment, but fled when his young daughter opened the door, saw a gun and screamed. The father chased [...]

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