Politics beget passion. Now the doctor and the patient have parted ways. ...more

March 5, 2010

It's no secret that proposals for health care reform have been divisive. ...more

March 5, 2010

I live on Schumacher Road. We have been fortunate to live at the end of the road, meaning that we still live in the country but are close to town. ...more

March 5, 2010

As I have been reflecting these past many months regarding all the wonderful responses that have come from this community for "our own" Paul Farmer (Class of 1978, Hernando High School) and his No. 1 cause "Partners in Health," one of the many benefactors that stands out in my mind is Brooksville Regional Hospital and Kathy Burke, Corey Lively and Jo Nell Noe, in particular. ...more

March 4, 2010

The most striking part of Sen. Evan Bayh's retirement announcement was his on-air job application. He'd be interested in managing a business, Bayh suggested, heading a university or maybe running a charity. ...more

February 19, 2010

No doubt Gator haters will cringe reading this, but we hope even opponents appreciate what they've had the honor to witness for the last four years. They've seen arguably the best college football player in history every week during the season live up to all the hype. ...more

January 3, 2010

With 16 seconds remaining, unheralded sophomore Andrew Brunner's one-timer off a Chris Sarabalis header allows Springstead to nip Leon and reach the Ridgewood Holiday finals, 2-1. ...more

December 29, 2009

The Yiddish expression that declares "for goodness you'll get stoned" - with rocks, for our younger readers - has never been truer than it is today. During the last decade it became evident that Billy Joel was right: the good do die young. Those nasty, vicious, self-serving and evil people around us seem to live forever. They appear to thrive on the venom they exude. ...more

December 28, 2009

Great front-page article on Dec. 15 headlined "With open hearts, they gave kidneys." The article highlighted a number of families that were able, through a kidney exchange, to ultimately provide a kidney to a loved one. ...more

December 19, 2009

The column I submitted last week was a mistake. My apology goes to my editor for sending an un-publishable column expecting it to be used. ...more

November 18, 2009