There are three main chairs in a criminal courtroom - one for the Prosecutor, one for the Defense Attorney and one for the Defendant.

I have sat in all three. This is Part 1 of the Prosecutor's chair in the Jeffrey MacDonald murder case.

From my 1989 interview with Freddy Kassab, who pursued MacDonald all his life, after the murders in 1970, through the trial in 1979, I tell you why I believe the government won and Jeffrey MacDonald lost.

It was emotion and passion on our side but most of all the evidence that led to his conviction of three counts of murder. This is that story.

This Christmas season, it is easy to be distracted and somewhat depressed with all the news in our country and indeed, in many parts of the world.

But there have been other times as the famous song, "The White Cliffs of Dover" remind us of the times of World War II.

The song, " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" as the memorable line, the whole darn world seemed upside down".

This is the way it feels to me now. Upside down."

It isn't the first time, and it won't be the last.

So, pick a color - paint the story of your life and give it a title.

I picked the color blue and for a title "The Color of Hope. This is my take!

Forrest Gump said his mother told him that "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get."

That pretty much sums up my latest trip to Chetola for a seminar for lawyers and paralegals this past weekend. Hearing stories of surviving three bouts of cancer and no one thinking one lawyer would even be here to dealing with hosting and paying for a wedding to take place next Saturday, to confronting three large bears to worrying about one's career, this time we had it all.

And to top it off, Chetola did not have a record of my reservation on one of their busiest times of the year. But everyone remained calm and through the day and a room move or two, it worked out with Chetola acting at their best.

But at first, it was not guaranteed.

This weekend and this podcast is about life, and how these people deal with it. It isn't always perfect, but it is full of grit and reslience.