In 2001, the United Nations General Assembly declared this decade the "Decade for the Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for Children of the World." It set out eight goals to achieve by 2010, with the umbrella goal on the list promoting "respect of all human rights." Respect for human rights should be a given. The fact that the UN had to broadcast it on a list of goals heightens the disarray we've subjected ourselves over the last 10 years. ...more

December 19, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - However you measure it, the Pasco County school district improved its graduation rate in 2008-09 and beat the state average, according to data released Friday by the school district and the state. ...more

December 5, 2009

Everybody jokes about how a committee is the place ideas go to die, a group that keeps minutes and wastes hours. ...more

November 17, 2009

Drama students at Mitchell High will take to the stage tonight for a production of "Peter Pan," but even as they perform the high-flying musical there are concerns about the future of the school's drama department. ...more

March 5, 2009

Drama students at Mitchell High will take to the stage tonight for a production of "Peter Pan," but even as they perform the high-flying musical there are concerns about the future of the school's drama department. Mitchell High is losing several hundred students when Anclote High opens in Holiday in August and that is forcing changes in some of the class offerings at the school. Nick Simons, 17, a junior, said he worries the changes could mean the end of drama at Mitchell. "It would be a great disappointment," Simons said. It may be premature to start burying theater productions at Mitchell just yet, though. Principal Ric Mellin said drama class offerings could be scaled back, depending on how enrollment numbers end up, but the administration wants to keep the elective. ...more

March 4, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY - Just about any high school coach will admit the regular season is one long practice until the postseason begins, that a team's record is meaningless unless said team is playing well when districts begin. ...more

January 30, 2009

Gulf's game begins to click as they defeat Wesley Chapel, 57-43, Thursday night. ...more

January 29, 2009

John Guare based his play "Six Degrees of Separation" on the true story of a con artist posing as the son of Sidney Poitier in the 1980s. The title came from the idea that no more than six steps separate an individual from everyone else on the planet. ...more

December 7, 2008

The fallout from the delays in posting primary election results continued Wednesday, with the voting machine manufacturer calling a news conference to accept responsibility for the glitch and to offer assurances that the $6 million system will work correctly in November's general election. ...more

August 28, 2008

With a singing horse and 16-foot castle, it should be quite a show. That's what the team at the Dunedin Showcase Theater for Kids is promising from its production next month of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." ...more

January 26, 2008