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March 3 – Peter Hunt, of Oak Harbor, Wash., didn’t go ballistic when he discovered his boat had been targeted by burglars. He went to the Internet, where he found the thieves selling the stolen items taken during a rash of boat burglaries – including his own chartplotter – on eBay.

Recently, he brought his Internet investigation to the attention of authorities, who were able to arrest and convict an adult and two teenagers. More than $50,000 in stolen electronic equipment was recovered, including about 90 percent of the goods stolen at the Oak Harbor marina where Hunt moors his boat.

March 2 – Those of us who’ve already read the full 15-page opinion by the Supreme Court on the AT&T argument that corporations have some level of “personal privacy” will want to look elsewhere for something to do.

For others who wonder how the court could have established two different ideas – that corporations (in the Citizens United ruling from 2010) have a right of free speech and that they don’t have a personal level of privacy (in the March 1 ruling, FCC v. AT&T) – should spend some time with a good legal blog.

Let us recommend the down-the-middle blog views of Scotusblog.com. Its entry from today gives a quick overview of the facts. Nicer yet, the blog post links to about a dozen helpful sources with additional comments on the case.

March 2 – I just finished writing a story about Hal Holbrook – it will appear in the paper March 10 in advance of his March 12 appearance here in “Mark Twain Tonight!” – when I realized something surprising. Holbrook has never received a Kennedy Center Honor or a National Arts Medal. Few actors have, of course.

Yet it seems to me that Holbrook has a particularly strong claim for consideration: His Emmy-winning portrayal of Abe Lincoln in the 1974 TV series based on Carl Sandburg’s biographies (one of three Emmy awards); his portrayal of Deep Throat in “All the President’s Men”; his portrayal as the Stage Manager in the 1977 version of “Our Town”; his many other film roles, including his Oscar- nominated performance at age 82 in “Into the Wild”; and finally, for his stage show, “Mark Twain Tonight!”

Let’s mount a Hal Holbrook appreciation campaign. Is anyone with me on this?