by Rob Holmes | Feb 7, 2013 | Living by Accident
Tom Seaver was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 with a 98.8% vote on the first ballot. Even 21 years afterward, this is the highest consensus of all time. I know you're asking, “Why does Rob Holmes, a private eye, care about a pitcher from the 70s in...
by Rob Holmes | Jan 23, 2012 | Investigations
Google recently forfeited a half billion dollars generated by counterfeit drugs sales after being being held responsible by the United States Department of Justice. Google stock then quickly dropped 22 percent from $627 to $490 per share. Is it possible that...
by Rob Holmes | Jan 18, 2012 | Investigations
Imagine a world where all of the world's creative works are reduced to ones and zeros and the control of that art is in the hands of a few tycoons. A world where those same few Wall Street companies have enough money, influence and power to force all creators to work...
by Rob Holmes | Dec 28, 2011 | Investigations
Set in the year 1865, the television show Hell on Wheels centers on the individuals working on the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Colm Meaney plays Thomas “Doc” Durant, a greedy entrepreneur and the driving force behind this...
by Rob Holmes | Jun 14, 2011 | Investigations
A story out of folklore of the lower countries, attributed in modern fiction to Hans Brinker, depicts a little boy who walks by a dyke and observes a leak. Anticipating disaster, he pokes his finger in the hole to plug the leak. Eventually, he is assisted by others...