"I want you to find me." That was Janet Conner's message to God on New Year's Day 1996. Her book, "Writing Down Your Soul," recently published by Conari Press, describes a process Conner developed in which, she says, spirit can be accessed through writing. The practice is readily available to anyone with pen and paper. ...more

January 24, 2009

John McCain is an iconic figure, and his last campaign for president reflected the strengths and weaknesses of a man whom I have grown to revere as perhaps one of the greatest leaders in modern political history. ...more

November 8, 2008

TAMPA - Tonight's "60th Primetime Emmys Awards" should showcase three shows: HBO's "John Adams," NBC's "30 Rock" and AMC's "Mad Men." ...more

September 21, 2008

Songs, laughter, teasing and tender words marked Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration Saturday as presidents, village elders and African royalty joined him for a festive luncheon on his rural homestead. ...more

July 20, 2008

You would think that the playful personalities of National Public Radio stars Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack, would translate to television. ...more

July 9, 2008

AVON PARK — It didn't take a lot to turn the South Florida Community College Auditorium into a 1980s music party. We didn't need a group of posers in jackets and skinny ties with programmed synthesizers nor did we need a group spandex-clad hair band dudes — we only needed Eddie Money and his bag of hits and rockin' band. ...more

June 28, 2008

Astrology bugs Randall Nagy. "I don't know how the zodiac can be so accurate," he said while sitting beside the pool in his New Port Richey home. "It annoys me." Annoying though it may be, you can be sure Nagy knows something about it. ...more

May 20, 2008

Jewish-American humor is all around us. Artists such as Mel Brooks, Woody Allen and Jerry Seinfeld have injected a decidedly Jewish-American perspective into their works. Consider the self-deprecating humor, the neuroses, the outsider's constant desire to fit in, the fascination with wordplay and arguments, the uncut umbilical cords. ...more

November 1, 2007

Jewish-American humor is all around us. ...more

October 31, 2007