The American people have been suffering a bum wrap for far too long. Let's get what's wrong … right. ...more

December 9, 2009

Mickey Andrews was dissecting another game of big plays allowed by his defense, and the key ones it made, when he excused himself from his postgame news conference. Christian Ponder had caught his eye, and Florida State's defensive coordinator had something to say to the starting quarterback. ...more

November 1, 2009

Of the 500-plus students enrolled in the 2009 senior class, 300-plus graduated. Where will the 200-plus find their place in society, or will they? Now there are 35-plus students at the Sebring Middle School who did not graduate; however, they are still young and must seek fortitude. ...more

June 21, 2009

One Dance Too Many Keith Bricklemyer's viewpoints are well expressed and acknowledged. However, one is led to wonder if the law firm he heads has been or currently is involved in representing developers who continue to insist on even less oversight from this county's already-streamlined EPC. ...more

March 26, 2009

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris kept out of sight Friday as longtime friend Gov. Pat Quinn joined the roster of fellow Democrats calling for his resignation following his disclosure that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, while the White House urged the senator to take the weekend to consider his future. ...more

February 20, 2009

In 1960, when Russia's Khrushchev observed John Kennedy's cowardly abandonment of America's promise to provide air cover for the Cuban exile invader force at Bay of Pigs, he perceived Kennedy as spineless and began moving Russian missiles into Cuba. We were brought to the brink of nuclear war. ...more

February 6, 2009

Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla pirates disembarked from their ship-float Tuesday afternoon at downtown's Lykes Gaslight Square and demanded to speak with Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

February 4, 2009

Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla "pirates" disembarked from their ship/float Tuesday afternoon at downtown's Lykes Gaslight Park and demanded to speak with Mayor Pam Iorio. "Where's the mayor? We want the mayor!" the pirates said. Pirates led Iorio to the park from Tampa City Hall, across Kennedy Boulevard. The mayor refused to hand over the city to the pirates as a crowd of onlookers took photographs, shot video and collected beads and plastic swords from the pirates. ...more

February 3, 2009

Back and forth they went in the Wimbledon final, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, the two greatest tennis players of their generation producing one of the greatest matches of any generation on the sport's grandest stage. ...more

July 7, 2008

It's interesting to note that among the nine Florida community colleges which joined a pilot program to create a new state college system in which two-year institutions becomes ones granting four-year degrees, every school had dropped the word "community" from its name. ...more

June 8, 2008