It now appears that the financial background of successful authors is a subject for books, perhaps because publishers deem this will be more interesting to readers than discussion of their literary work. Fine. I’d like to know how much money Stephen King and Mary Higgins Clark sock away, and what they do with it. But… Continue reading

In conjunction with a new book on digital video that I am writing for Charles River Media, I am rebuilding the web site here to archive digital samples of video dating back to the days when cameras and video decks were first available to the public. And I mean—way before VHS. If you’re interested in… Continue reading

At the risk of beating the Boston Cardinal Law story into the ground, I can’t ignore the latest bizzare statement he made regarding his hand picked Finance Council’s rejection last Friday of the multi-million dollar settlement with 86 victims of defrocked priest John Geoghan to which he had agreed last month. Yesterday Cardinal Law said… Continue reading

Revisiting The Verdict. Over the past couple of months, I’ve noticed Sidney Lumet’s 1982 movie The Verdict playing, perhaps on AMC or one of the other movie channels. When the movie first came out, I rolled my eyes at the (I thought) standard stereotyping of the Catholic hierarchy—the cold, almost corporate Boston archbishop hiring the… Continue reading

Food for thought: That Boston’s Bernard Cardinal Law, or at least his advisers, are becoming more adept playing the media game is apparent from the latest developments in the ongoing scandal which has rocked the Catholic Church. His 15-member Finance Council was to have convened last Wednesday for a vote approving $7 million in payments… Continue reading