From 1790 to 1952, only "white people" were eligible to become naturalized U.S. citizens. That fact alone explains why for most of our history, immigrants and their descendants fought to be considered white. ...more

January 3, 2010

The Bucs began to lose their way as an organization when the Glazers sided with Jon Gruden in his struggle for control with Rich McKay. The rift between the two powerful personalities became public fodder in 2003, just a few weeks after Gruden brilliantly coached the players McKay had provided in his role as general manager to a blowout win in the Super Bowl. ...more

December 30, 2009

Members of AIG's financial-products unit should take heart. Yes, Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg is coming down on them with the awesome power of his czardom, dictating that their pay not exceed $200,000 a year. ...more

October 28, 2009

and use of the waterfront - were compared to St. Petersburg's. ...more

October 28, 2009

An average of 17 times a day, I enter an automobile, twist my arthritic hip and stretch my bursitis ridden shoulder to place a safety harness across my med port. The port is plumbed directly into my heart for chemotherapy. My surgeon told me that a medium level impact while wearing my seat belt would probably unplug the port. Death would occur in about three minutes. ...more

August 29, 2009

Regarding "Grade changes 'misapplied,'" July 22: Thanks to Pasco County school officials for giving new meaning to the word "misapplied." While some might call the action forgery, it does appear that schools and administrators have no clear, definitive guidance on how to grade a student's performance in the classroom. No one can imagine that any principal, on a whim, can determine that a student should receive an A instead of B-minus. ...more

July 25, 2009

The big stories in baseball the last couple of months have happened in places other than Tampa Bay, which only shows that while a lot has changed for the Rays, some things never will. ...more

February 13, 2009

My cousin booked an amazing wedding at the adventure resort Costa Azul, in the tiny Mexican village of San Francisco about a half-hour north of Puerto Vallarta. ...more

January 18, 2009

Almost two years after the massive publicity surrounding the 40-year sentence of Cali Cartel leader Joaquin Mario Valencia-Trujillo for smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States, one of his longtime lieutenants was quietly sent away for life on Monday. ...more

January 17, 2009

Robert Duncan wants his team to stay together, even long after they've outgrown their shoulder pads and cleats. ...more

November 24, 2008