Photograph of Kelly Thomas’ injuries inflicted by Fullerton California police. The photograph was taken by Ron Thomas, a former Orange County Sheriff’s deputy and the victim’s father, on July 6, 2011 at UC Irvine Medical Center. Cathy Thomas, the victim’s mother, settled with Orange County last summer for $1 million, while Ron Thomas has vowed […]
This photo shows where an enclave of “professional” journalists, apparently the remnants from The Huntsville Times, now working for “AL.com” have set up shop in downtown Huntsville – only three blocks from the original “Times Building.” Last week a senate panel approved guidelines in order to define what a journalist is under the new media […]
FIRST: My apologies if you were unable to visit www.tocc.tv in the last few days. Snafus on my personal site left it offline for a short time. Immediately following that, my hosting service crashed disrupting service to all their customers. All seems to be well now. By now you’ve probably heard this morning’s headlines about […]
The Bake The Japanese have a concept called the “one hundred years war.” Simply enough, losing a battle does not mean losing the war. When the war is a hundred years long the other wars, like WW II or Viet Nam, are only single battles in the larger scheme. A long term war requires long […]
This photographic essay of historic Maple Hill cemetery isn’t about the bigwigs buried there. During my stroll I tried to capture the ambience and serenity of life’s final stage, with a hopeful tincture for the beyond.
