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01/11/2017

Our latest article for FloVolleyball ...

John Dunning made the tough decision to retire from his position as the head coach of the Stanford women's volleyball team after winning the national championship in December.

01/07/2017

A federal judges sentences a man to read--and complete a book report--on MY book, On American Soil. What do you suppose he'll write?

Police say the man wanted former Rep Jim McDermott to support Bernie Sanders instead of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.

01/02/2017

Our lastest feature for FloVolleyball ...

Carl McGown, who died December 30 at the age of 79, made a big impact on many of the biggest names in volleyball.

07/31/2016

ICYMI: The full text and sidebars of our extensive Seattle Times feature about two-time Olympian Courtney Lynn Thompson.

07/31/2016

Our Seattle Times feature about two-time Olympian Courtney Thompson ...

The fact that the U.S. volleyball roster includes three who play setter is a source of pride for some — and controversy for others. And the 31-year-old Courtney Thompson will undoubtedly be a big part of the story, whether the U.S. finally wins its first women’s volleyball Olympic gold, or if it doe...

07/12/2016

Our initial Seattle Times report on Courtney Thompson's second Olympic selection ...

Courtney Thompson, a former All-American at Washington, was named to the U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team on Tuesday. Thompson is one of four two-time Olympian on the team. Former UW star Krista Vansant is one of eight alternates on the team.

05/18/2016

When Texas leads the way on an issue like wrongful conviction reparations, lawmakers in other states should probably do a little soul searching ...

Twenty states have no laws to compensate people who were wrongfully convicted and spent years in prison.

05/13/2016

Honored to spend the evening as a guest lecturer for the Life-Without-Parole writing students behind the thick walls of the Monroe Penitentiary. My friend Joe Brotherton does amazing work with these men, all of whom have much to learn and much to tell. Thanks, Joe, for another great opportunity.

03/16/2016

"Karch's Big Dilemma," our latest feature for Volleyball Magazine ...

It was just before noon. Murphy was in Anaheim, where she and other volleyball athletes had just completed the first morning of the first training session of the four-year period known as the Rio de Janeiro Olympic quad. Although Murphy had been a three-time AVCA All-American at Florida and the form…

02/13/2016

"Official misconduct — including perjury, withholding of exculpatory evidence and coercive interrogation practices — occurred in three of every four exonerations involving homicide, and it was an important factor in many other cases as well."

More people were exonerated of crimes in 2015 than ever before, revealing a criminal justice system rife with error, incompetence and misconduct.

02/09/2016

"Polar Art," our latest article in Art Business News, in the Winter 2016 issue ... http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/12/polar-art/
See also: "A Space for Art," http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/10/a-space-for-art/
"The Homeland of her Youth," http://artbusinessnews.com/2015/07/the-homeland-of-her-youth/

02/09/2016

"VBM 2015 Women's Volleyball All-Americans," eight video interviews we produced with Volleyball Magazine, featuring Samantha Bricio, Mick Haley, Haley Hodson, Haleigh Washington, Lianna Sybeldon, Lauren Carlini, Daly Santana and Caitlin Nolan.

02/09/2016

"Husker Heroes," our latest article in Volleyball Magazine, in the February 2016 issue ... http://www.volleyballmag.com/articles/43781-husker-heroes
See also:
"Losing is not just for losers" http://www.volleyballmag.com/articles/43759-losing-is-not-just-for-losers

05/23/2015

"For the Ear," my latest article in The Writer magazine, in the July 2015 issue ...
http://www.nolittlethings.com/assets/the_writer_for_the_ear.pdf

03/04/2015

"Hurry up, please": My latest article in The Writer magazine, this time in the April 2015 issue ...

01/31/2015

Author, documentary producer no little things Productions and world traveler Jack Hamann talks with Rudy about his new book, “On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II.” Podcast interview here: http://rudymaxa.com/category/podcasts/ or 24/7 here: http://tunein.com/radio/Rudy-Maxas-World-s222107/

01/29/2015

"We need a public debate. We can shed light on this ..."

In this short documentary, a former defense lawyer for prisoners at Guantánamo Bay argues against the C.I.A.’s use of torture.

01/06/2015

My latest article for The Writer magazine, now on newsstands. A profile of the incomparable Verlyn Klinkenborg, who cuts to the heart of the writing craft in his book, "Several Short Sentences About Writing."

01/06/2015

Great opportunity to subscribe to a terrific magazine ...

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12/01/2014

Brilliant author of "Plainsong," a beacon of clean, clear prose ...

According to the Washington Post, novelist Kent Haruf has died.

12/01/2014

Wrongfully convicted in 1975, three lifetimes behind bars ...

They were young men when they went to prison in 1975 for a murder they did not commit. The last two of them were freed this month, releasing a joy they could finally savor together.

10/10/2014

"The prosecutor's main witness had a reputation for dishonesty. Jurors never learned that nearly five years before the trial, the witness had been deemed an “unreliable informant” by a Torrance Police Department narcotics investigator. Her own sister, a Torrance police officer, described her as a pathological liar."

Describing the case as a failure of the criminal justice system, a Los Angeles County judge on Friday threw out the murder conviction of a woman who has spent more than 17 years behind bars for a crime that he said she did not commit.

04/07/2014

"Word lovers and scientists have called for a 'slow reading' movement ..."

Our brains, neuroscientists warn, are developing new circuits with a big impact on non-digital reading

03/25/2014

Our latest essay for The Writer Magazine ... when it pays to be the dumbest guy in the room ...http://www.nolittlethings.com/assets/the_writer_dumbest_guy_in_the_room.pdf

03/25/2014

"Next to the capabilities of digital, paper is dumb. But next to the tranquility of paper, digital is an assault ..."

At a Starbucks near my house this month, I saw a man reading a newspaper, a woman reading a book and another woman, near them, reading a magazine. I peered at them over my laptop, at which I’d blinked and stared for at least an hour, and felt something crazy. I felt jealous. Paper is the has-been...

06/11/2013

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08/28/2012

"Everything is still wide open ..." -Jim McLaughlin

08/27/2012

4 teams in the Top 10 lose on opening weekend ...

08/24/2012

Familiar faces at Bank of America Arena this weekend ...

08/22/2012

A veritable feast of nonconference matchups ...

08/22/2012

Quick: Which Pac-12 team has won 102 of its previous 105 nonconference matches? ...

08/21/2012

Four Washington opponents among the top eight ...