Fielder Harris was a man ahead of his time. The former slave from South Carolina was hired by the Robins family to care for Chinsegut Manor and sprawling property north of Brooksville when they purchased it in 1904. ...more

February 7, 2009

A close friend says Van Johnson, Hollywood star of the movies' golden age, has died. ...more

December 12, 2008

The day Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church crumbled into shards of bricks and a pile of rubble, tears filled the eyes of the people who had tried to save the historical structure. ...more

June 15, 2008

This summer, I want to ride down the streets of Los Angeles in an Oldsmobile convertible with Joe Mannix at the wheel. ...more

June 3, 2008

Woody Allen said: "We all share basic truths, the only difference is our ability to distort them." First, America wasn't exactly the happiest nation in the world during the post Civil War era. While the North may have been exuberant, the South was destroyed and demoralized. The Reconstruction period did little to lessen hatred by those recently conquered and, northern carpet baggers and scalawags did little to help the situation. Unfortunately, an equitable amalgamation of America's blacks presented a difficult task for both sides with problems lasting until the 1960s. Many black leaders say they still exist today. "Freedom and Prosperity" didn't come for a long time after the Civil War. We all know that the Ayn Rand Institute cares very little for religion. Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism rules out religion and anything that requires faith. Reason, purpose and self-esteem are her values for man to lead a successful life. Every man is an end to himself and exists only for his own sake. ...more

December 23, 2007