South Beach is known for its celebrity status, so you can be sure you'll see plenty of familiar faces at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival - Paula Dean, Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray among them. ...more

January 13, 2008

The minor dustup over the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce's first "Holiday Tree Lighting Event" this month is a reminder that respect should always play a role in how people celebrate holidays and seasons, or how they refrain from recognizing them. ...more

December 23, 2007

Republican presidential candidate John McCain predicted Sunday that newspaper endorsements over the weekend will boost his campaign heading into the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. ...more

December 16, 2007

Republican Mitt Romney, ridiculed by rival Rudy Giuliani for employing illegal immigrants at his "sanctuary mansion," said Tuesday he had fired the landscaper for his suburban Boston home after learning for a second time about undocumented workers laboring on the property. ...more

December 5, 2007

Is the $20 million stage version of "Young Frankenstein" a monster hit or miss? ...more

November 12, 2007

Randy Ludacer's letter to Highlands Today, Aug. 25, gives good coverage on the failures and follies that cost us 58,000 men in Vietnam. ...more

September 6, 2007