Too-Broad Patenting of High Tech Points Up Patent Flaws in System By Michael Schrage, Michael Schrage is a writer, consultant and research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He writes this column independently for The Times. He can be reached by electronic mail at schrage@latimes.com on the Internet
Trails Need Some TLC From Volunteers By Rick Vanderknyff, \o7 Rick VanderKnyff is a free-lance writer who regularly contributes to The Times Orange County Edition. and \f7
Sampling of Cinema From Down Under By Mark Chalon Smith, \o7 Mark Chalon Smith is a free-lancer who regularly writes about film for The Times Orange County Edition. \f7
Nature's Worst, and Worst of Human Nature By \o7 T. Jefferson Parker\f7, \o7 T. Jefferson Parker is a novelist and writer who lives in Orange County. His column appears in OC Live! the first three Thursdays of every month. \f7