Thank you for sharing your thoughts as we mark Veterans Day. ...more

November 11, 2009

A local version of the Tax Day Tea Party on April 15 is being organized in Highlands County by three grandmothers. ...more

April 14, 2009

It's impossible to understand why people do such stupid things. That's why trying to determine the motives of Nadya Suleman, "Miracle Mom," is not worth the mental gymnastics necessary to conjure some excuse. This single mother of new octuplets, who already had six children being raised by a grandmother, is just a twisted example of what goes on with too many people these days. They pump out children while taxpayers foot the bill. ...more

February 25, 2009

A Tampa man and his mom grow roses and give them away. ...more

January 15, 2009

With all the talk of newspapers being replaced by the Web, what am I to do? ...more

January 9, 2009

On Dec. 2 I was asked to appear before the Sebring City Council to explain my involvement with the Valencia Circle issue and hear a complaint from one neighbor who apparently does not like the park furniture or horse statue for which I had permission -approval from the city council on Nov. 6, 2007, to place there. I'm sure many of you read the articles in the Highlands Today and are aware of the problem. ...more

December 14, 2008

PASS THE SALT, PLEASE I get the best mail in the newsroom. It helps that much of my mail is edible. ...more

June 18, 2008

A Mistake To Not Vote Regarding "Clinton Urges Supporters To Shift Loyalty To Obama" (Nation/World, June 8): ...more

June 10, 2008

In a narrow walkway behind a red curtain, Holly Farmer was teaching her protege how to strut on the runway. ...more

February 9, 2008

Like any good writer, Emily Garland wanted to find a unique theme when she agreed to speak at the West Pasco Historical Society's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. "I hope to come at it from a little different angle than just a litany of his life and what he accomplished," Garland said prior to stepping up before a standing room only gathering at the old schoolhouse in Sims Park last Saturday. ...more

January 19, 2008