On Sunday, November 12, 2006, I’ll be appearing on a panel at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. The panel will discuss how violence has been a preoccupation of Western films from “The Virginian” to “Unforgiven.” Why they’re starting and stopping there will be revealed on the day, I guess, but it should make for a good discussion. My fellow panelists will be John Mack Faragher, Professor of History and Director of the Howard Lamar Center, Yale University, Clyde Derrick, Kennedy/Marshall executive and former Autry media producer and my pal Paul Andrew Hutton, Professor of History, University of New Mexico. The panel lasts from 3-4:30 pm. For more information call 323-667-2000 or go to www.autrynationalcenter.org.