Scrooge must have been in attendance at a recent meeting of the Hillsborough County Commission when the group was diligently searching for yet another way to tax the public. ...more

December 11, 2009

Poll results are most often annoying or encouraging, depending on whether their findings comport with our personal points of view. ...more

December 9, 2009

'Disney's A Christmas Carol is rated PG ...more

December 4, 2009

Jim Carrey plays multiple roles in this big-budget Disney take on the familiar fable of miserly Ebineezer Scrooge and his classic Christmas day of reckoning. ...more

December 4, 2009

Walt Disney is going 3-D on a lot of future films — and some from its past. ...more

March 31, 2009

Charles Dickens, who visited in 1842, described Washington as a "city of magnificent intentions" because of the incongruity between the city's grand aspirations and muddy, swampy actuality. Today Washington's discrepancy is not architectural but political. It is between the extraordinary powers and competences the administration claims it has and the administration's inability to be clear or plausible about what it is doing. ...more

March 15, 2009

A tale of a Dutch family coping with the upheavals of German occupation during World War II. First of four parts. ...more

January 2, 2009

"The Man Who Invented Christmas," by Les Standiford (Crown, $19.95) ...more

December 21, 2008

Maybe you've got family visiting from out of town. Maybe you're just tired of sitting around looking at your Christmas tree. Maybe you need to get out to prevent Dad from putting any more Christmas lights outside — it's already getting embarrassing. Maybe the kids are getting restless, because the kids are always getting restless. ...more

December 19, 2008

FAIRS & FESTS Saturday Elves Overboard! Boat Parade of Lights: boats float from Davis Island, passing Channelside and ending at the Tampa Convention Center; 6:30 p.m. Saturday; free; Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin St., Tampa; (813) 471-1531 ...more

December 19, 2008