Pasco County's large contingent of residents of Greek ancestry gathered for a recent ceremony marking the 188th anniversary of Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Hugh Townsend presided over the observance Friday in front of the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey. ...more

April 1, 2009

City commissioners were surprised to learn two mega-events will converge in what will be a crowded downtown, the same day and time in late March - the annual Greek Independence Day Parade and Tarpon Springs Chamber's Fine Art Show. ...more

February 14, 2009

If nothing (a word term used advisedly here) else, you have to admit Angye Fox is the kind of lass who will literally give you the shirt off her back. ...more

July 27, 2008

"Empires of the Sea" by Roger Crowley (Faber and Faber, $30) ...more

July 20, 2008

Dodging four men pushing a cart full of honeydew melons, I step out of the noisy traffic of Istanbul, pass through the horseshoe-arched door, and trade one commotion for another. Suddenly the air - heated by millions of watts of electric bulbs - is several degrees warmer. Like carnivorous flowers, merchants seduce from glittering shops. They say, "Welcome to the Grand Bazaar." ...more

January 6, 2008

The government here reacted angrily Thursday to a House committee vote in Washington to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey during World War I as genocide, recalling its ambassador from Washington and threatening to withdraw its support for the Iraq war. ...more

October 12, 2007