Reading the letter from Betty Prescott in the Nov. 4 edition of the Highlands Today only increased my feeling of gloom and despair about the way our country is speedily heading down the drain. I had heard the news about no Social Security increase for 2010. In the very next story, it was reported that Brother Obama has plans to send $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan. ...more

November 23, 2009

The $250-million loan by billionaire Carlos Slim to The New York Times Co. is said to be innocent of any motive of influencing U.S. news and opinion. Perhaps that is so, but it would have been better had the question never come up. ...more

February 1, 2009

Managing a World Series team has brought Joe Maddon into the national spotlight, and his hometown has gained notice along the way. ...more

October 26, 2008

Before the 1940s, Republicans in Florida were as rare as cold fronts in August. ...more

May 25, 2008

widower, asks Quirke to skip the postmortem. The thought of his beautiful wife, Deirdre, being cut up is too much for Billy. Although Quirke agrees, his instincts lead him to go where he should not. Quirke simply cannot avoid trouble, for he has an inquisitive mind. The story places the reader directly in foggy Dublin, with its duality of church and pub. ...more

May 25, 2008

As a resident of the Kansas City area through the 1970s and early '80s and a fan of the Royals during their rivalry years with the colorful but bizarre Yankees, suffice it to say the George Steinbrenner was far from the top of my list of admired or respected people. ...more

February 10, 2008

Somewhere, maybe stuffed at the bottom of a dresser drawer, there is an aqua-colored T-shirt. ...more

December 25, 2007

Osama bin Laden scolded his al-Qaida followers in Iraq and other insurgents Monday, saying they have 'been lax' for failing to overcome fanatical tribal loyalties and unite in the fight against U.S. troops. ...more

October 23, 2007

The escalating and acrimonious debate over the United States' presence in Iraq could mislead us into thinking that the crisis can be fixed with a single decision. ...more

October 11, 2007