Nolan Dalla, Author at Nolan Dalla

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 5, 2016 in Blog, Politics | 1 comment

Donald Trump Marginalizes, then Manipulates the Mainstream Media

No American president had a more strained relationship with the press than Richard Nixon. Consumed by paranoia and stoked with bitterness, Nixon loathed the mainstream media. He didn’t even bother trying to conceal this malice. That was made abundantly self-evident by sharp words and contorted body language during his press conferences in front of cameras which gradually morphed into the twisted political degradation known as the Watergate cover up, ultimately leading to his downfall.

There’s a lesson here, if anyone wants to learn it.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 28, 2016 in Blog, Movie Reviews | 3 comments

Ranking the Year’s Movies from Best to Worst (2016 Academy Awards)

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I went back and looked over all the films released in 2015 and made my own list from top to bottom of those movies I viewed on the big screen.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 27, 2016 in Blog, Personal | 1 comment

Night of the Living Dead in Las Vegas (Part 2)

Scheinin.1.SBW12298.BP/Photo Brian Pobuda Deputy Medical Examiner Lisa Scheinin (right) documents her visual observations as she begins an autopsy during a recent shift at the Department of Coroner in Los Angeles.

Part 2 of my report about attending a coroners convention in Las Vegas.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 26, 2016 in Blog, Personal | 1 comment

Night of the Living Dead in Las Vegas (Part 1)

Meeting Dr. Werner Spitz, the father of modern forensic pathology

I attended a coroners convention in Las Vegas at the invitation of Dr. Michael Baden and met Dr. Werner Spitz, the father of modern forensic pathology. Here’s are few thoughts of what I learned from this remarkable encounter.