Michael Williams

Nov 15, 2024 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Michael Williams

After 26 years as a trial lawyer working for the same San Diego firm, Steven R. Denton accepted an appointment to serve as a judge. “I took a huge cut in pay to go into public service to be a judge,” the Del Mar resident recalled in a recent interview. “I had a very lucrative (law) practice and partnership … and was encouraged to go on the bench, and I did.

Sep 4, 2024 | abc.net.au | Emrys Cronin |Marcus Hobbs |Claire Slattery |Michael Williams

It's a tough time to be a parent. From screens, to mental health, neurodiversity, gender, diet and schooling, this generation is in unchartered territory in many ways. So what does the evidence tell us that will give parents the best chance to raise happy healthy children, without killing themselves in the process? This event was recorded at Waverley Library in Sydney on 8 August 2024.

Aug 11, 2024 | sandiegouniontribune.com | Michael Williams

Shane Stanger and Danny Kurtzman became acquainted through occasions such as summer camps and bar mitzvahs while each attended separate middle schools — Shane at Carmel Valley and Danny at Earl Warren in Solana Beach. They cemented their friendship when both attended Torrey Pines High School in Carmel Valley. Two decades later, the pals collaborated on a film, “Good Bad Things” directed by Stanger and starring Kurtzman as lead actor.

Aug 9, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Michael Williams

The greatest dilemma for the novelist writing about art is one of seriousness. How seriously are we to take a fictional artist? How can we assess the value of a body of work that is entirely imagined? The character’s self-belief notwithstanding, what are we to make of claims of the work’s brilliance? Are their efforts worthwhile, their ideas executed well? The author’s task is not to tip the scales, to allow for the possibility of that ineffable thing, great art – if that’s not too woo-woo a concept.

Jun 2, 2024 | ranchosantafereview.com | Michael Williams

Running low on funds and struggling with English as a college student in Toronto, Canada, in 1971, Bertrand Hug took the advice of fellow students from France. “Everybody tells me, ‘If you don’t have any money, you’ve got to become a busboy,’” he said in a recent interview. “Be a busboy in a restaurant and that will be able to sustain you.”Hug took the advice to heart.