My family decided to try a different synagogue for Yom Kippur services this year, a Reform synagogue in the San Fernando Valley that has been around for a long time. We had been congregants of a fabulous Reconstructionist temple for many years, but several of our child’s friends were in Hebrew school at the Reform [...]

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I watched the Nancy Grace program on HLN tonight. What a waste of time. We got to hear the 911 call for the three hundredth time. Having eaten up the game clock Nancy then regaled us with the “BOMBSHELL” about Tommy Croslin being arrested and held on a $50k bond. Yawn, and also very old [...]

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Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert ConsumersUnion provides a resource for consumers to learn what their options are in regards to a “security or credit freeze”. “There are more than eight million new victims of identity theft each year in the U.S. Many of these victims find that crooks have used stolen personal information like Social [...]

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As best I can tell this is Amanda Lorenzo’s first foray into writing. She has created a delightful and quirky children’s book in Runt Farm – Under New Management. I have a soft spot for children’s books, they are so much more fun than most of the dry boring stuff that us adults are expected [...]

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The widow and the three daughters of a man who died as a result of asbestos exposure have filed a lawsuit against twenty three defendant companies according to a recent report. The man, Donald Jones, died in January of last year as a result as asbestos cancer. The four women claim that Mr Jones’ lung [...]

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that, should government extend bailout funds to the nation’s newspapers, the end result will be the state dictating media content. For did not Obama determine the minutest aspects of GM and bank operations when these institutions fell for government wiles such as where conferences would be held [...]

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A five-year study to evaluate authorized uses of the Missouri River has just started a review of original project purposes and to determine if any changes are appropriate. The Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study (MRAPS) is being conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and will start with two public listening session meetings, one [...]

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This case has me going insane. I have written several articles and run two radio programs about Adam Tavss. You can listen here. For those of you not familiar with Adam Tavss he is an officer with the Miami Beach PD. In the space of four days in June he participated in the murders of [...]

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I love comic books.  They are a very important means of telling a story, one that values the art just as much as the story that is being told.  They are full of such great mythology and characters and some of the craziest things ever to happen with the written word have taken place in [...]

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I never read a lot of comic books when I was a kid.  I read great illustrated classics and Tom Clancy novels.  So, in recent days, when comic books have become the rage among normal people and my nerd credentials have felt threatened, I have had to play catch-up.  And fast.  Frank Miller and all [...]

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Television spin-offs are highly unpredictable.  They are usually even worse than movie sequels.  Some are very good and go on to even eclipse the original series.  Yet most are simply abominable.  But, just lately, there is a new spin-off series that has been very good and is one I really enjoy.  Now you can bring [...]

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I’m a little mystified when it comes to our constant attraction to medical themed television shows.  None of us are doctors, but I suppose that might do something to explain how we are drawn to them.  Doctors are all smart and deal with dying people and work in a place that stinks like old people [...]

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If you aren’t already well versed in kung fu movies, it can be pretty hard to get into them.  What exactly is it that you are supposed to appreciating?  Is it the fighting or is it the choreography?  Is it the symbolism or the acting?  Is it the story or the meta-context of the movie?  [...]

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Just the other day, I watched Ronin for the first time ever.  It is a very fantastic movie, one of those classic post Cold War spy movies where everyone is damaged and no one is really the good guy.  As far as the name goes, ronin were samurai who had lost their masters and had [...]

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It never ceases to amaze me that so many Americans blindly jump to support any new government run program which promises to make their life easier. It takes a minimal amount of research into past government social programs to prove that this is almost never the case. The government has; time and again, proven itself [...]

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Well another week in the land of social networking. I tell you what, this is quite an adventure as I meet new people daily and read all sorts of news out there. I am always a hound for anything on Peer Abuse and the “B” word. So, it was no shock when I stumbled upon [...]

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Sharon wakes up from what she thinks was a fuzzy dream of her having her baby with Nick and Dr. Taylor there. She calls a nurse to her room. She tells the nurse she has no idea how she got to the hospital from the private facility. She demands to see her baby. Sharon asks [...]

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We will be broadcasting our regular show on Sunday afternoon. The panel is still being finalized however it likely will consist of the Barrett’s, The Sky 97.3′s ace reporter TJ Hart, private investigator William Cobra Staubs, and crime writer Denny Griffin. There has been a good deal of activity in both the Caylee Anthony and [...]

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While his accusation was out of order and unseemly, again we see he was right.  Wilson accused the President of lying when Obama said that health care reform wouldn’t cover illegal immigrants.  Recently, Obama tipped his hand on that claim, saying we had to make more the existing illegal ones legal so they can get [...]

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This just in from TJ Hart. I admire TJ’s diplomacy, it is certainly better than mine would be under the circumstances. I also suspect that this will be one of the items that gets mentioned on our regular Sunday radio program. I applaud TJ for his honesty and integrity. It is a shame that there [...]

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In the UK, as well as in many other countries around the world, many schools that were built prior to the 1980s were constructed with the use of asbestos materials. Asbestos, which we now know is a potentially deadly carcinogenic, was widely used in construction of both residential and public buildings at that time. It [...]

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When I was at Union Theological Seminary I chose to work with teens several evenings a week rather than helping some clergyman do whatever. I had been a camp counselor for many years and had worked with teens as a teen myself in the East End of London when a student over there. There was [...]

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A BAE Systems insider from the AL-Yamamah and AL-Salam Projects in Saudi Arabia, is supplying internal BAE, Saudi, and UK MOD documents to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) which is carrying out an investigation into alleged corruption. The samples we have seen include correspondence between high ranking officers in the British and Saudi military [...]

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