After reading Michelle Bearden's column "New spirituality shows faith isn't one size fits all" (Faith & Values, Oct. 10), I thought, as a Christian, I would offer another perspective. ...more

October 26, 2009

An editorial cartoon is like nothing else in a newspaper. Editorial cartoonists don't need any special degrees. Unlike reporters and editorial writers, they don't even have to pretend to be "fair." ...more

March 12, 2009

If your TV features a bunch of static today, consider it a welcome to the digital age. ...more

February 18, 2009

Dear Abby: I consider myself to be a "free spirit." I bike and hike to get around, do not own a car and pretty much try to live "off the grid." ...more

February 15, 2009

I was driving my 3-year-old daughter to preschool the other day when "She's About a Mover" by the Sir Douglas Quintet came on the radio. ...more

January 22, 2009

Dear Hillsborough River, You're boring. Sorry, nothing personal. I actually think you're pretty neat. I like your lazy brown waters and your ability to increase property values while simultaneously threatening the destruction of any structure built within your flood plain. I love what you did with your east bank. The new landscaping looks fabulous. It has that sort of retro-'50s mangrove-forest-meets-new-wave-cypress-swamp groove going on. And your sulfur springs! Wow! They're still going strong, percolating up from the aquifer to perfume the air with the delicate aroma of rotting eggs. As far as I'm concerned, the Suwannee has nothing on you. ...more

December 7, 2008

Dad's daughter gives Hillsborough River a thumbs down after Lowry Park Zoo's tour on the waterway. ...more

December 3, 2008

This Chris Stein might not be as well known - yet - as the guitarist of the same name who was a co-founder of the new wave rock band Blondie. But the 20-year-old New Port Richey singer and rising star hopes to change that in the near future. ...more

December 3, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. ...more

October 8, 2008

Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. But there is a new wave of research that many might find surprising. Two studies into the lives of middle-class children buck conventional wisdom and conclude that they are not the overscheduled, frazzled generation that many believe them to be. In fact, it might be the parents who are overloaded, one researcher suggests. ...more

October 7, 2008