If you've ever had a freak accident, the death of gifted actress Natasha Richardson from a fall on a beginner's ski slope this week must have got you thinking. ...more

March 21, 2009

Country singer Hank Locklin, whose smooth tenor voice on hits like "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" and "Please Help Me I'm Falling" marked a career that spanned half a century, has died. He was 91. ...more

March 9, 2009

The balloons rose as dusk fell and Venus grew visible in the darkening sky. ...more

December 24, 2008

David Christopher Sills says a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report on his shooting is filled with lies. ...more

November 20, 2008

Doesn't it make you feel good when someone expresses appreciation to you by saying "Thank you?" ...more

October 12, 2008

Doesn't it make you feel good when someone expresses appreciation to you by saying "Thank you?" ...more

October 12, 2008

I haven't read Robert Novak's column in 10 years. Back in 1998, he made a comment on CNN - what it was is not material here - that I considered beyond the pale. I decided I could henceforth do without his opinions and insights. He impressed me as a distinctly disagreeable man. And that was well before he outed covert CIA agent Valerie Plame. ...more

August 7, 2008

Dr. Michael Mattia of Tarpon Springs says people may not be happy with Republicans but at least their not "socialist" Democrats. ...more

July 7, 2008

Following baseball great Yogi Berra's sage advice - "You can observe a lot of things if you just watch" - two Tampa residents volunteering on a committee noticed that disabled people, including many returning veterans, have been left out of community efforts to promote the development of affordable housing. ...more

June 2, 2008

It took awhile, but Seffner Christian finally got its transition offense rolling Thursday and Lakeland Sonrise Christian couldn't do much about it. ...more

February 15, 2008