I have just finished reading the first few chapters of "American Lightning" by Howard Blum. Not my normal read but interesting just the same. The story, a true crime novel, takes place at the turn of the 20th century and links Clarence Darrow, with William Burns of the famous Burns Detective Agency, and D.W. Griffith, the man who revolutionized the film industry -- all brought together by the bombing of the Los Angeles Times building by union anarchists. The story meanders at times, but the history and similarities to other incidents in our Nations life are remarkable.