Jim Rutenberg’s article in the June 23 New York Times Magazine (“Data You Can Believe In”) was informative on several levels.  In it, he provided a detailed description of how the 2012 Obama presidential campaign used precision targeting of “persuadable” voters to re-elect the President.  As explained by Mr. Rutenberg, the methods used were easily […]

If you are a golfer, especially if you are a serious golfer, there is probably no more hallowed course (at least within an easy day’s drive of Sacramento) than Pebble Beach.  Located on the Monterey Peninsula about 90 miles south of San Francisco, it is the annual site of the AT&T National Pro-Am (formerly the […]

As a former trial attorney, I rarely pay attention to the media circuses that surround major trials.  I find the coverage of these trials exceedingly shallow and the reporting on what each side is and is not doing only slightly more enlightening than what passes for legal analysis on series like “CSI” and “Law and […]

As the Music Circus, Sacramento’s main claim to fame for summer musicals that are professionally produced in the round, opens its eleventh season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion, we thought we’d take a shot at selecting the ten best productions at that venue.  And, as is always the case, limiting a “best” list to ten […]