As Hurricane Ike lumbered across the Gulf of Mexico two weeks ago, many of the people who live along the Texas coast packed up and headed inland, anticipating the worst. ...more

September 20, 2008

A big sign at the harbor here encourages: "Think Positive, St. Bernard!" But after three years in a government trailer, Beth Basile is finding that hard to do. ...more

August 31, 2008

Florida could be bracketed by hurricanes this weekend as one churns through the Gulf of Mexico and another meanders in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

August 29, 2008

Anyone who believes the only thing beer has to do with recycling and renewability is the speed with which it races through human plumbing and back into the ecosystem hasn't been paying sufficiently close attention. ...more

August 1, 2008

The University of South Florida is losing a high-profile faculty member to a Texas university that saw opportunity in Florida's economic misery. ...more

June 24, 2008

There was a money booth where lucky contestants could grab fluttering bills out of the air at the B2B Expo Saturday, and then there were the wings. ...more

June 23, 2008

It wasn't until Will Quinlan's new album, "Navasota," was almost finished that he realized what it was about. ...more

June 12, 2008

Ten years after James Byrd Jr. was dragged to death down a three-mile stretch of country road simply because he was black, some things have changed in Jasper. ...more

June 7, 2008

This special edition of my opinion column is written especially for the friends and business associates I see all too seldom throughout each, quickly-passing year. Well, more things broke than usual (myself not excluded). ...more

December 21, 2007