Enjoy the good, the bad and the ugly side of Hollywood!

I had to return to Chicago for an investigation of tragic proportions.  Needless to say my camera came along for some of the sights and sounds of The Windy City.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman Mossimo Giannulli and Lori Loughlin Los Angeles, CA —I spent the afternoon in the courtroom of Federal Magistrate, Alexander MacKinnon .     He arraigned and set bail for a handful of accused that had already been indicted on Conspiracy and Racketeering charges   The vast majority of the 31 people were only brought before the court for an Initial Appearance on Complaints.  That’s the first step in the process.  Those brought in on complaints have a bit of wiggle room to save themselves.  At this point there are some 50 people caught up in this very novel prosecution.  Prosecutors allege that the ringleader, Rick Singer ran a consulting company that facilitated fixing ACT and SAT scores with the use of a ringer by the name of  Mark Riddell who took these tests for the applicants.   Prosecutors also said that Singer proceeded to bribe various schoo...

Dallas, TX — Call me a conspiracy theorist if you will, but I have finally accepted the notion that our own intelligence community killed JFK . The single most important reason I was convinced Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone involved the rifle he allegedly used.  The bolt action, Italian 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 91/38 Rifle was a total piece of crap.  It was clear to me that any reasonably financed group would never rely on that rifle for such an important task.   Oswald was seemingly living in a state of poverty and bought the cheapest rifle he could find in the Klein’s Sporting Goods , mail order advertisement.   Had he the money, Oswald could have spent a little more for a far superior rifle that he was familiar with as a Marine, the venerable M-1 Garand semi-automatic battle rifle.  Oswald seemed to be an easily manipulated fellow who effortlessly traveled to and from the Soviet Union.  Was he really a Castro sympathizer?   This now...