When you know the answer, what keeps you reading (or watching)?
I love reading narrative nonfiction, and that’s the genre for my current writing project. Because I’m in the revision stage …
Category Archives: SLA
45 years ago today: SLA kidnaps Patty Hearst
February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army, a group of eight, acts on a plan they’ve had for months: to …
Direct action, then and now
Last Wednesday I participated in a discussion after a screening of the documentary The Gentleman Bank Robber at Bryant-Lake Bowl in …
More than a fondness for plants and cats
This short description of Camilla Hall appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 1974 — the day after …
Bill Harris: “You’re not going to walk out of here thinking justice was done”
The Bill Harris FBI “Wanted” poster. Under “remarks,” the “reportedly jogs, swims and rides bicycle for exercise” stands out to …
The enduring mystery of real life
I recently wrapped up the viewing of three recent television series obsessions: CNN’s “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst” Paramount …
Reaction to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst documentary
Reaction on Twitter to Bill Harris in the recent Patty Hearst CNN documentary was overwhelmingly negative. I had a few …
The SLA goes beyond Patty Hearst
For what it was advertised to do, I thought CNN’s series “The Radical Story of Patty Hearst” lived up to …
Armed guards in schools: The issue behind the SLA’s first criminal action in 1973
“No matter how you look at it, an armed presence in the schools is just the beginning in teaching conditioned …
The grief-stricken families left behind after SLA shootout
I have collected many newspaper and magazine articles in my nearly 20 years of researching Camilla Hall and her role …
