Political correctness The price for being politically correct is killing us. You know you just might be a redneck if you have rebel flag waving from the back of your pickup truck and a bumper sticker proclaiming, "The South Will Rise Again. ...more

November 15, 2009

Super Bowl visitors coming to the Tampa area expecting a cosmopolitan waterfront city might be surprised to see the giant Confederate flag visible from Interstate 4. ...more

January 27, 2009

Symbol Of Repression I am angry. Every morning during my commute to work, a giant Confederate flag greets me like a slap in the face at the junction of Interstates 4 and 75. This virulent symbol is a constant remainder of the South's failed attempt to defend the unconscionable practice of slavery. ...more

September 13, 2008

Before we get into our weekly love fest with the many happy, satisfied consumers of this space, permit a personal indulgence since, well, I could use the money. ...more

June 15, 2008

At least you have to admit this will make it easier to find Tampa if you are motoring along I-75 - once you reach the giant Confederate flag at Yahoo Junction head west until you arrive at Gooberville, where the strange life gets weirder every day. ...more

June 7, 2008

Pride For Southerners Regarding "Opinions Fly As Site Set For Rebel Flag" (Metro, June 3): ...more

June 7, 2008

It's understandable that members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans don't want their loved ones or heritage to be forgotten. Who does? ...more

June 4, 2008

PUNTA GORDA - An act of peace turned sour Thursday when a Scott Street man rehung a noose beneath the faded Confederate flag in his yard. The flag and noose had been a fixture in Michael Whiteaker's yard for about three years, until a black neighbor persuaded him to take the noose down last week. ...more

October 26, 2007