The idea floated around for a couple of years, in moments of, "Well, what if we did this?" or "Do we go ahead with this?" ...more

March 25, 2009

It's not because I'm single and unattached that Valentine's Day fills me with a kind of internal cringing normally reserved for the sound of nails dragging down a chalkboard. It's not sour grapes or cynicism gone amuck. It's simply that Valentine's Day is, and nearly always has been, a crass, "What the heck am I going to get him or her" competition, that devalues spontaneity, simplicity, romance and - I'm pulling out the big guns here - most of all, love. ...more

February 14, 2009

Now that the Bucs finally have decided to establish a ring of honor, the debate can be waged over who truly deserves to be honored. ...more

October 26, 2008

PALM HARBOR - This year's Greater Palm Harbor Area Chamber of Commerce honorary mayor's contest has been transformed into a popularity contest for local restaurateurs. The 4-month-long contest has also been expanded to allow more candidates to participate. ...more

June 28, 2008

It strikes some voters as peculiar, even wrong, that it is possible for a president to be elected with fewer total votes than the closest rival. ...more

June 28, 2008

Leave it to Florida Department of Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham to come up with a way to reform growth planning without the impossible demands of Hometown Democracy. ...more

February 16, 2008

Look for "American Idol" to have its best ratings ever this season. ...more

January 15, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband have been in career-threatening scrapes before, but never quite like the one they face in the New Hampshire primary Tuesday, when nothing less than their would-be dynasty will be on the line. ...more

January 5, 2008

SEBRING — Opinions were mixed and some people were undecided at Tuesday's school board workshop on whether to continue with an elected superintendent of schools or appoint one. After two education association officials from Tallahassee offered a look at both sides of the issue, the public offered their opinion. ...more

November 14, 2007