I wonder how many newspaper subscribers in the Bay Area know how rare our two-newspaper community is. Can anyone name more than one major newspaper currently serving our greatest cities? ...more

December 17, 2008

When I approached my principal, Tim Ducker, with the plan to host a school-wide celebration in honor of the veterans in our community, I wanted to show the students that our greatest heroes do not go by the names of Brad, Angelina, T.O., Ocho Cinco or Hannah Montana, but are most often called, "grandma," "grandpa," "mom" or "dad." ...more

November 14, 2008

It was the cradle of her greatest triumphs. It's now the scene of her darkest hour. ...more

October 26, 2008

"The Same Man: George Orwell & Evelyn Waugh in Love and War," by David Lebedoff (Random House, $26) ...more

August 10, 2008

LAND O'LAKES -- The test scores are in, and Pasco County public schools have once again made the grade. Results of the 2007-08 school year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test were released Tuesday. Every school in the state gets a letter grade based on the standardized test, which is given in the spring. ...more

July 12, 2008

Clay Felker, 82, the far-sighted editor who founded New York magazine and helped launch the "New Journalism" of the 1960s, with its novelistic techniques and strong point of view, died Tuesday in New York of throat and mouth cancer. ...more

July 2, 2008

Adjusting To Reality Regarding "Obama Rejects Public Money" (Nation/World, June 20): ...more

June 26, 2008

TIGER'S MAJOR TRIUMPHS With his victory Monday at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods moved within four of Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships. ...more

June 17, 2008

Gardening is a year-round hobby/passion/duty in Florida; still, we've noticed a crazy uptick in plant chatter lately. ...more

May 28, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

February 10, 2008