A widely-known megachurch founded by an architect of the religious right and seen as a national political force selected a grandson of Billy Graham as its new leader on Sunday. ...more

March 16, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 17, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-size lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. ...more

January 15, 2009

David Earley is a family man. He lives on an acre-sized lot with his wife, two young daughters, a dog and a horse. But one thing about Earley, 42, sets him apart from other dads in the neighborhood. He's a fugitive hiding in plain sight, wanted by the law since 2007 on felony charges of failure to pay child support. A list of Florida's deadbeat parents, administered by the state Department of Revenue, is the best measure of the growing problem that Earley represents: The list of cases has increased more than 100,000 during the past five years, to 792,000. ...more

January 14, 2009

A grandfather is a special gift for those of us lucky enough to be blessed with one or two. ...more

October 4, 2008

ST. PETE BEACH - The idea of having a stroke never crossed my mind two years ago, as I hurried to put away supplies in my new dream-come-true coffee shop. ...more

September 21, 2008

When a 17-year-old becomes pregnant, there may be talk at school and tears at home, but the girl and her parents are generally not foisted into the national spotlight. ...more

September 3, 2008

There are times in every person's life when we're forced to wonder why the world is the way it is - why certain seemingly universal truths are, well, universally true. For me, those times always occur when I'm faced with some enigma about human nature. That's when I'd really like to ask God, "What were you thinking?" ...more

August 31, 2008

I'm always amazed when I see small children swimming confidently in deep water. These days that's not unusual because swim lessons are considered one of the basics of children's activities. ...more

June 8, 2008

When Myrle Henry built the house on Johnson Road 44 years ago, he said he would never build another. ...more

November 21, 2007