Bloomingdale High School's Nick Wing-Holt is just as comfortable on a stage with a violin in hand as he is on a diving board. ...more

November 4, 2009

While the dream of becoming an American citizen is a priceless thing, the cost has become prohibitively expensive. ...more

September 29, 2008

legal and illegal - it is an article of faith that vast numbers of new arrivals are fracturing American traditions, recalibrating our values and undermining our language. Spanish spoken on the streets of L.A. is, to those inclined to see it that way, evidence of something essential slipping out of our culture, or of a scary kind of reverse assimilation. Instead of becoming more like Americans, the fear is that immigrants are trying to absorb parts of this country into Latin America. ...more

September 26, 2008

In one of my college philosophy courses the professor told us that the God of the Old Testament was a different one than the God of the New Testament. After all, he had pointed out, in the old books there was an awful lot of smotin' going on. Plagues were being unleashed, cities were being destroyed and the curious risked being turned into pillars of salt. But in the New Testament sinners were forgiven, people were fed and the lame made to walk. And if your wine supply ran a bit low maybe the son of one of your guests could lend a hand. It was a book of hope. God had learned to smile. But I think the old God, the Creator, had a sense of humor, people just didn't have the tools recognize it. ...more

February 16, 2008

Last year was the Rev. Michael Eaccarino's first Epiphany Celebration as dean of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral. That isn't to say it was his first Epiphany in Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 9, 2008

Like the community it began serving in 2000, LifePoint Church has attracted large numbers, endured growing pains and coped with change. ...more

December 14, 2007

Like the community it began serving in 2000, LifePoint Church has attracted large numbers, endured growing pains and coped with change. ...more

December 10, 2007