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Thoughts on Current Issues in the Law and Media by TV Legal Analyst Craig Smith
- Added on: Oct 6th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Law & Legal News & Media
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Explanations Are In Order All Around
Okay, so I admit it. I've been slacking off lately when it comes to blogging and I suppose that an explanation is in order.Even I will concede, with Travis Armstrong gone, the News-Press isn't quite the target-rich environment it used to be. But cont...
Bellying Up To Breakfast
More and more I find that morning coffee or breakfast time is when my tender sensibilities are most likely to be assaulted.First, it was people talking on their cell phones in coffee houses. I haven't even bothered to tell you about the barking dogs ...
Around Here, The Opinions Are Flying Out The Door
First it was Travis Armstrong leaving the News-Press. Now Cheri Rae, the political columnist of the Daily Sound, is saying sayonara to the op-ed pages.Suddenly, opinion columnists seem to be among Santa Barbara's most endangered species. Nick Welsh, ...
Van Wolfswinkel Takes A Curtain Call
Last week ended with me harassing a woman in a coffee shop. I thought I'd start this week off by turning back to a familiar subject, Texan Randall Van Wolfswinkel.Late last week, every registered voter in town got a mailer signed by him that opened u...
Readers Respond to Coffee House Brew Ha Ha
Yesterday's post about my coffee house run-in with a woman who refused to take her cell phone conversation outside drew a huge amount of traffic to my blog and a huge response from you readers with your own opinions.Traffic wise, it was one of the bi...
A Close Encounter of the Worst Kind
So, on Wednesday morning I'm sitting in one of the big comfy chairs at one of my regular stops on the café society circuit, The Good Cup on the Mesa. I've got my feet propped up on the ottoman and I'm reading the newspaper. The place is relatively q...
On Saturday's blog, you posted Richard Mineards' response to your earlier note on his being dispatched from the News Press. He replied: "I .. believe the column drew attention to the many wonderful individuals and cultural joys of Santa Barbara."
One of his regular features was a report of recent celebrity "sightings" about town. That really added a touch of class, especially since Santa Barbara has long nurtured a reputation as a refuge where celebrities can comfortably circulate publicly without the usual fanfare, fawning and gawkery. Leave it to the the News Press and a British tabloid-style gossiper to erode that admirable tradition.
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