Please understand; most of us are okay. It is a small minority that disrupts our society, but when we witness wrongdoing and do nothing, we are also guilty. For example: my generation, the children of the Greatest Generation, pursued pot, marijuana, which led to cocaine and LSD, etc (not all of us.) We thought nothing of it, not conscious these drugs just don't go away. We accumulated and passed them on to future generations, not considering that years later the results would become evident, the amount and substance ingested dictating the degree of results. ...more

December 23, 2009

Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. ...more

November 4, 2008

Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has more types of bacteria than the researchers expected to find. ...more

November 3, 2008

An apparent consensus of the city council to stop putting fluoride in the city's water supply is something to smile about or not, depending on whom you ask. ...more

August 14, 2008

I read in increasing horror about teachers having sex with their students. It seems that every week now you hear of a teacher who was arrested for such abuse. It has made me think back to my time as a student and also a teacher. ...more

June 23, 2008

"The Logic of Life," by Tim Harford (Random House, $25) ...more

February 24, 2008

It meanders through the heart of this west Pasco County subdivision, past a state-protected nature preserve of mangrove stands and Brazilian pepper trees. ...more

February 16, 2008

Tanglewood management implemented a rule that forbids dog owners from walking their dogs on Tanglewood streets. Dogs must be transported by car or golf carts to designated areas. ...more

February 7, 2008

Karina Van Houten of Port Richey takes Charley Reese to task for anti-Jewish, anti-Israel attitude. ...more

October 24, 2007