The Michael Jackson documentary "This Is It" opens with clips of dancers who were auditioning to be part of his comeback shows. The hopefuls look into the camera and speak to Jackson, telling him how much they love him, what a great talent he is, how much he influenced and inspired them, and so on. ...more

October 29, 2009

Of all the places for President Barack Obama to visit, Arcadia seems like it wouldn't make the list. But we're glad our president will be making it down to our neck of the woods. Maybe he'll see or hear something that opens his eyes to the realities of rural areas like ours. ...more

October 25, 2009

State Farm, the second-largest property insurer in Florida, said today that it will stop providing property insurance statewide, a move that would affect more than 1 million policyholders. ...more

January 27, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Life coach Carrie Kukuda wants to help people turn their "someday" promises into realities. ...more

January 3, 2009

Land O' Lakes life coach Carrie Kukuda wants to help people turn their "someday" promises into present realities. ...more

December 31, 2008

"Just After Sunset," by Stephen King (Scribner, $28) ...more

November 30, 2008

Nearly two dozen wires were glued to my scalp, face, chin, shoulder blades and legs. ...more

October 13, 2008

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the images published from Tuesday's finalizing of the Pasco public school budget speak encyclopedically. They depict an unruly rabble, brandishing signs that suggest the demonstrators are utterly disconnected from modern realities. ...more

September 19, 2008

Six years ago, I attended a ceremony that officially opened the new Middleton High School in east Tampa. The old Middleton, one of the city's two historically black high schools, was closed in 1971, sacrificed on the altar of school desegregation. ...more

September 7, 2008

On its face, State Farm's request to increase rates for hurricane coverage by an average of 47 percent statewide is outrageous and unjustified. ...more

July 25, 2008