Germany 1930-'39. Brown-shirt storm troopers stifle dissent from the religious and the media. Read or see "The Coming of the Third Reich" by R. Evans. Fast forward to America 2009 under its new administration; all staff members told to go on attack mode against Fox News. All other news outlets have access to the administration, unless, of course, they report anything discriminatory, except Fox News. ...more

October 28, 2009

Suzannah Beiner is a sophomore at Sebring High School and a new columnist with Highlands Today. Recently she wrote an column titled, "U.S. Not Always Inviting To Immigrants." Her perspective was very introspective and certainly well written. ...more

March 28, 2009

moved to follow my head as I righted myself in the chair. Joop sighed and shifted beside me. I was grateful for the tiny sound of his breathing. ...more

January 18, 2009

"Land of Marvels," by Barry Unsworth (Nan A. Talese, $26) ...more

January 18, 2009

A Russian partisan commander looks dismissively at the Bielski brothers, eyeing tough Zus (Liev Schreiber) and tougher Tuvia (Daniel Craig) and proclaiming, "Jews don't fight." ...more

January 16, 2009

War is wrong! ...more

January 15, 2009

Bruce F. Fallender of Sun City Center has not been to Germany in more than 15 years. Whenever he wants to relive the time he danced to German music in a bus aisle on the way to Munich, Fallender heads over to Old Castle Tavern. ...more

January 7, 2009

Bruce F. Fallender of Sun City Center has not been to Germany in more than 15 years. Whenever he wants to re-live the time he danced to German music in a bus aisle on the way to Munich, Fallender heads over to Old Castle Tavern. ...more

December 31, 2008

The Tribune gave the front page of the Views section on Dec. 6 to the anonymous "Matthew Alexander," who did not use his real name for security reasons. I wondered why. It struck me that Dec. 7 would be the 67th year since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. ...more

December 10, 2008

Time was, a decade ago, the United States, Norway and China dominated women's soccer without challenge. ...more

August 5, 2008