Newark, New Jersey -- New Jersey’s biggest newspaper, The Star-Ledger of Newark that also boasted being one of the nation’s largest is preparing to jettison 167 workers including 40 newsroom staffers.  This paper attempted to transition into the Internet age with a website and addition of video reports. Obviously the problems with the newspaper’s bottom line were not cured.   Traditional media as we knew it is on life support everywhere in the world.   Broadcasters and newspapers have billions invested in presses and broadcasting equipment that has become a stone around their necks.   Anyone can acquire adequate equipment for a few thousand dollars to send quality pre-packaged or live video around the world.   Our new large television screens are rapidly making the transition to bring us web content along with traditional broadcast equipment.   It’s only a matter of time before TV broadcasting towers come down everywhere.   Cable providers a...

Los Angeles, CA —The heavy populated urban areas of this not so Golden State dictates state law.  The majority of lawmakers in California come from the extreme Left Wing .  They make law after law designed to ban guns.  They never allow the U.S. Constitution get in the way of their Fascist-Marxist agenda. Since around 1967 the Left has been on a tireless major campaign to demonize gun owners, guns and our Constitution.    They succeeded in getting media assistance with massive misleading propaganda.   Those on the Left fabricated damning statistics out of thin air and gotten millions of people to compromise away their rights to keep and bear arms. The media harped until congress, legislatures, and city councils enacted ban after ban. The last big and somewhat successful push was under the Clinton Administration .    They were somehow able to redefine military fully-automatic firearms to include hundreds of common semi-automatic ...

Los Angeles, CA —When an American jury is empaneled they are admonished to avoid all print, broadcast or Internet related materials involving the case they are deciding.  Do they follow the rules when the juicy gossip is only a few mouse clicks away?  The answer is NO!  Before I indict all jurors let me suggest that a small percentage do obey the instructions.  Perhaps it is only because they are not computer literate.  The rest are a bunch of undisciplined folks that do what they damn well please. It is apparent that our jurors allow themselves to become influenced by illicit outside information.  My blog gave me a real window into a jury in action on a Hollywood Attempted Murder case that began in December of 2005.   Alexander Terminassian shot and wounded an assailant, Marco C . Fuentes .  I remain convinced that the charges should have never been filed!  It was a clear act of self-defense. I was outraged by the e...

Carice van Houten Amsterdam, NL —The incredibly delightful actress and singer Carice van Houten manages to stay close to her fans and distant friends through Social Media.   Van Houten is the product of terrific parents that raised their two talented daughters with the arts in one of the better places on earth, Holland.   Aside from being absolutely gorgeous she is an incredibly gifted actress.  The younger sister Jelka van Houten , also a real looker has her own promising career going as an actress and singer. Van Houten really understands and interprets music through her singing.  She’s not a classic soprano but a songstress that knows how to sing well with the voice she was given by our creator.  Van Houten’s personal favorites come from a wide range of music that transcends all ages and categories.   Recently van Houten released, SEE YOU ON THE ICE , which is a compilation of original songs in English.  It’s available on...

Los Angeles, CA —As a cop and private eye with a career that spans 40 years I’ve seen more trials first hand than most lawyers.   I never went to law school but have learned a lot in the, Monkey See Monkey Do School of Law .   Along the way police academies and in loads of seminars filled in a lot of information blanks.  I have worked with lawyers from the woefully inept to the very gifted and greatest. Many lawyers have built great reputations along with their egos over decades of success.  Unfortunately many of the old warhorses have not embraced computer technology or the incredible power of the Internet and Social Media .  Instead they delegate any computer assisted litigation efforts to secretaries and law clerks.  That’s a huge and sometimes deadly mistake.   For most lawyers exploring the uncharted area of Social Media seems simple enough but actually making contributions to the mix present frightening tactical gambles alon...

Phoenix, AZ —American Justice has taken a shameful turn here with the murder trial involving a troubled young woman.  Jodi Arias is on trial for her life but throngs of has been television pundits along with a Social Media lynch mob have been allowed to seriously corrupt our trial process. With today’s technology the vast majority of jurors can be counted upon to break every rule to avoid media and get their verdict guidance from all the wrong places. A public criminal trial was never an invitation to turn a metropolis into a worldwide entertainment event.   Aside from a celebrity prosecutor mugging for photos with his new fans while signing autographs this inquisition extravaganza has been out-of-control from the beginning.   Cries of Justice for Travis Alexander , the young murder victim seem to suggest he will somehow be resurrected after the hanging of Jodi Arias.   Millions of young women have injected themselves emotionally into this tri...