Dear President Obama, I've got a fantastic idea for you, but I've had some trouble trying to get you on the phone. ...more

November 1, 2009

Interesting that opting out to move the public option through Congress is gaining momentum among some blue dog Democrats and those conservative Republicans whose constituencies lie mostly in the southern states, a few in the far west. ...more

October 29, 2009

President Barack Obama's decision to lift restrictions on federal funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, scheduled to be announced today, is expected to provide a major boost to one of the most promising but controversial fields of biomedical research in generations. ...more

March 9, 2009

Dan Rooney is in town this week, along with what might be the most successful professional football franchise in recent years. ...more

January 30, 2009

There are many reasons to follow college football, but tradition is one of the most compelling. The faces and players change from year to year, but they all share memories that endure, whether they are Gators, Sooners, or from any other school you want to name. ...more

January 8, 2009

Ever since Election Day I have been angry. I have been angry that people who do not know me have voted against me. I have been angry that my state, the state where I was born and reared, will not afford me the same rights and privileges that others (even non-native Floridians) enjoy. ...more

November 25, 2008

Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies - and their images - for posterity. ...more

October 22, 2008

When the red bricks of the 95-year-old Gary School came crashing down last week, neighborhood activist Fran Costantino cried. ...more

September 14, 2008

I recently wrote a column encouraging readers to start keeping journals of their thoughts and activities as legacies for the generations to come. ...more

July 27, 2008

It was a relatively short and not particularly bloody war, named after the year it started, for lack of a better moniker. ...more

June 21, 2008