"The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat," by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin (Atlantic Monthly Press, $25) ...more

February 22, 2009

Too many people have been stricken by obsessive materialism. ...more

January 9, 2009

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. ...more

December 11, 2008

Things didn't look good for "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca. The 38-year-old professional wrestler and promoter from New Port Richey had taken a shot to the groin that seemed to legitimately hurt. He had been whipped into the ropes and violently clotheslined to the mat with a resounding thud. He had felt Byron Saxton's boots on his back, his fists on his head and the sting of his words. "I can respect a has-been," a microphone-holding Saxton told Mosca before the start of their 15-minute time limit match at Bourbon Street on Tuesday night. "But I never respect a never-was." Known to Florida Championship Wrestling fans as a loudmouth heel, Saxton was accompanied by fellow wrestlers Lawrence Knight and Tyson Tarver, known collectively as The Conglomerate. Saxton, who held the microphone with a pair of flashy blue gloves, was booed lustily. ...more

December 10, 2008

After losing both houses of Congress in the 1994 election, Bill Clinton expostulated: The president of the United States is not irrelevant! ...more

June 3, 2008

Sylvester Stallone insisted he would do another "Rambo" flick only if it was about the human condition. ...more

January 27, 2008