You've got to look out for No. 1. It's a dog-eat-dog world. Everybody's in it for themselves. ...more

March 14, 2009

Bob Fransen of New Port Richey says U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is right when he says America is a "nation of cowards" on racial matters -- but not in the way Holder imagines. ...more

February 28, 2009

If Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today he would be 80. ...more

January 20, 2009

There's a good chance you've already heard a racist joke made at our president-elect's expense. As expected, they are flowing with ease from plenty of folks right here in Highlands County, and throughout the country for that matter. It's amazing the ignorance and insensitivity these joke-tellers exhibit. And, perhaps, those of us who just let it happen without calling these bigots on their comments are just as much to blame. ...more

November 9, 2008

Jon Kueney of New Port Richey, vice chairman of the Pasco Libertarian Party, says people will question voting for Barack Obama after less than two years of his "Marxist" policies. ...more

November 8, 2008

When movie producers approached Gina Prince-Bythewood seven years ago to write the screenplay for "The Secret Life of Bees," she didn't have time to read the 300-page novel. ...more

November 1, 2008

You could argue that all Neil LaBute movies are horror movies. Whether it's "In the Company of Men," "Nurse Betty" or "The Shape of Things," someone always ends up being tormented and terrorized in some way. And in true horror-flick fashion, the victim is usually a woman. ...more

September 19, 2008

A black professor at Columbia University tells Soledad O'Brien that he instructs his 11-year-old son to fear the police. ...more

July 20, 2008

NEW YORK - Months after returning to the radio with a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his comments about a women's basketball team, Don Imus is once again defending on-air remarks regarding race. ...more

June 24, 2008

When my friends and I were bored in high school, we entertained ourselves with the word game Hangman. ...more

February 24, 2008