The column I submitted last week was a mistake. My apology goes to my editor for sending an un-publishable column expecting it to be used. ...more

November 18, 2009

Considering that Clint Eastwood's most iconic roles have been serious ones, it's easy to forget that he can be funny - that he possesses terrific timing with his sly sense of humor. ...more

January 9, 2009

"Salvation in Death," by J.D. Robb (G.P. Putnam, $25.95) ...more

December 28, 2008

At 44, the Rev. Richard Hermes has lived a rich and full life. He has taught high school theology, studied in Rome and Jerusalem, been ordained a Catholic priest, attended a private Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II, been pastor of a New Orleans parish, survived Hurricane Katrina and spent a six-month sabbatical in the Philippines. ...more

September 10, 2008

TAMPA - In the 1960s, they were best friends in high school at the Academy of the Holy Names, the Catholic girls school on Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

January 7, 2008

A Navy chaplain who is HIV-positive is expected to plead guilty today to charges that he used his positions at the U.S. Naval Academy and Marine Corps Base Quantico to lure midshipmen and Marines into sex acts, according to military officials and sources familiar with the case. ...more

December 6, 2007