Regarding "Kids Having Kids Is Now So Normal" (Commentary, June 29): Teenaged parents in the United States are hardly a phenomenon. Until very recently, it was common for teenagers and young adults to have children. They were not called "kids having kids." They were simply "youth." ...more

July 5, 2008

In keeping with his "messiah" image, Barack Obama might have been more at home in Bethlehem, Pa., than in Unity, N.H., when he and his "former" nemesis, Hillary Clinton, opened their new act on the road to mixed reviews. ...more

July 2, 2008

Thereby Hangs A Tail Many, many years ago, when I was more into reading science fiction than I am today, I read a story about a girl who was born with a tail. She led a horrible life. She was picked on at school and generally ostracized by society. Her wish was to get rid of the cursed thing so she could lead a normal life, but doctors were afraid to undertake a removal operation. Then a strange thing happened - more and more children were being born with tails. Scientists accredited the phenomenon to a change in our genetic make-up. The learned ones claimed that either we as the human race was evolving to some new higher order or else we were regressing back to our roots. ...more

May 24, 2008

When the deal went down to have Weeki Wachee become a state park, there was a collective sigh of relief from all the park's employees. ...more

February 18, 2008

When the deal went down to have Weeki Wachee become a state park, there was a collective sigh of relief from all the park's employees. ...more

February 17, 2008

It's holiday shopping time, and you're once again scurrying about looking for something besides the usual earrings, ties, shirts or sweaters. ...more

November 24, 2007

A lot of people are saying that impact fees are the cause of our area's economic woes. They are wrong of course, but that never stopped anyone from making incorrect claims about something they don't like. ...more

September 19, 2007