At 2:35 a.m. one morning I was awakened to the clanking sound of my father's walker. ...more

March 12, 2009

officially the worst period on record. Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth, but until recently that was never a huge problem for the 90 percent of us who live in coastal cities and towns. We always had thought of dry spells as the farmers' problem. ...more

January 9, 2009

At least 30,000 Progress Energy customers lost power this afternoon, mostly in the Largo area, a spokesman said. ...more

June 23, 2008

not counting two uniformed police officers and one in plain clothes - numbered about 60 people. Their nationalities-in-solidarity: Venezuelan and Cuban. Their signs: hardly nuanced - most notably "Chavez = Castro + Hitler." Their ardent message: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's easily demonized, polarizing president, must go. ...more

May 4, 2008