The Bulldogs are still angry at Florida coach Urban Meyer for calling two timeouts in the final minute of last year's 49-10 blowout. ...more

October 27, 2009

When we last left the culinary soap opera called "As The Red Velvet Cake Turns," a reader named Maria Lungo had written in early February to say that her cake was the one that was featured on the Branch Ranch Restaurant's billboard along Interstate 4 in Plant City. ...more

March 1, 2009

It appears that the recipe for the famous Branch Ranch Restaurant has been found. ...more

February 24, 2009

When it comes to Santa Claus, my 9-year-old son is letting go in stages. The other day he made a key tactical concession. ...more

December 25, 2008

In all the brouhaha about the cost of college textbooks, a few rays of sunshine have emerged. ...more

September 14, 2008

When he looked up and saw Phyllis Busansky glaring at him across the room Tuesday night, Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson had to feel as if he was stuck between the mother of all annoyed ex-wives meets Madame Defarge - only without the sense of whimsy. ...more

August 30, 2008

If nothing (a word term used advisedly here) else, you have to admit Angye Fox is the kind of lass who will literally give you the shirt off her back. ...more

July 27, 2008

Perhaps the best way to understand how it could be possible for more than 10,000 people with criminal records to win state approval to work in the mortgage business is to think of Florida as historically sort of the Al-Qaida of real estate. ...more

July 26, 2008

There's a brouhaha brewing regarding the move to elect a mayor for Hillsborough County. ...more

July 16, 2008

There's a brouhaha brewing regarding the move to elect a mayor for Hillsborough County. ...more

July 16, 2008