The thing about the Back Porch Stage, a narrow patch of unpaved possibility between Higgins Hall and Clayton Auditorium - the unfortunate thing, really - is that you pretty much have to be going there to get there. ...more

February 20, 2009

Few events offer as much all-around fun as a fair - right down to the second the rides are dismantled, food vendors offer up their last temptations and the lights are turned off until next year. ...more

November 13, 2008

Clumsy Legalese Like many of my fellow Floridians, I went to the polls this week armed with my completed sample ballot and spent just a few minutes casting my vote in the booth. But I had spent a considerable amount of time beforehand trying to decipher the legalese used in the proposed constitutional amendments. I finally gave up and waited for the Trib to translate them for me. That's unacceptable! ...more

November 8, 2008

Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. But the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief. ...more

September 30, 2008