In 1979, the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti saluted a generation that was passing before his eyes. ...more

March 22, 2009

Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern thinks what this town needs are community gardens. What with the tough economic times, she says what we should be doing is putting vegetable gardens where there are vacant lots. She's talking about putting them all across town, from Hyde Park to New Tampa. ...more

February 18, 2009

Harris Mullen was a visionary. The description is apt for someone who started a magazine named Florida Trend in 1958 and turned it into the region's award-winning gold standard for business journalism before selling it two decades later. ...more

December 12, 2008

"Otto, you wrote that you were just glad the elections were over. I've been reading you for years and know that you know the political season is never over. They just take a break, send the losers down to the minor leagues and it all begins again. ...more

November 10, 2008

The modern civil rights movement can be traced to the early 1940s, when the flood of blacks entering the military after the bombing of Pearl Harbor challenged the unacceptable social norms they found in the South. ...more

February 11, 2008

The decades of preserving his family's history, collecting antiques and spreading generosity haven't gone unnoticed. ...more

November 24, 2007

If you want to know how Florida went from a sparsely populated backwater state to a booming, multicultural destination point, then tune in tonight for a new documentary on Florida's topsy-turvy modern history. ...more

October 18, 2007