Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas County teachers union for more than three decades, died early Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2008

Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas teachers union for more than three decades, died early today after being hospitalized Tuesday after a stroke. ...more

December 18, 2008

"Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln," by John Stauffer (Twelve, $30) ...more

November 2, 2008

"Those Chicago nuns almost did a good job of educating little Danny Ruth," mused Pepo, yet another of the legions of satisfied readers who flock to my scribblings. "But they must have beat him too often about the head and shoulders. ...more

October 26, 2008

And now they're tied. The lead is gone. ...more

September 16, 2008

Dry your tears, fans of fantasy. It's time to dust off those spiral notebooks (complete with cheesy, generic football images) and prepare for yet another year of mock-football mastery. ...more

August 12, 2008

A woman wanted in two bank robberies struck again this morning police said. ...more

July 28, 2008

This time last year it looked as if Hillary Clinton's path to the Democratic nomination would be a cakewalk. She had the best brand name in American politics. She controlled the Democratic establishment. She had money to burn and a double-digit lead in the opinion polls. And as the first American woman to have a chance of breaking the presidential glass ceiling, she had a great story to tell. ...more

June 11, 2008

Novak Djokovic will leave the looking ahead to others. If he's to be believed, the No. 3-ranked Djokovic has more immediate concerns than a possible French Open semifinal against No. 2 Rafael Nadal or final against No. 1 Roger Federer. ...more

June 2, 2008

Sometimes the winner of an awards competition is head-and-shoulders above the crowd. So it's an easy call to make. ...more

May 7, 2008