Our country is becoming more polarized every day. The accusations, blame and vitriolic condemnation coming from every contingency is appalling. People grab sound bites and snippets of half-truths and toss them around as facts. ...more

October 3, 2009

Let Medicare Negotiate I keep my Medicare policy, plus my supplementary insurance policy, because I know that if I get cancer or another major disease, Medicare will not call me in the middle of the treatment to tell me my benefits have expired. HMOs are for-profit businesses whose main concern is profit, which means spending as little money as possible for clients. ...more

March 23, 2009

The question of who was U.S. President James Garfield's opponent in the presidential election of 1880 is not the most pressing for most people - unless you are Dunedin City Manager Robert "Rob" DiSpirito or Dunedin Historical Museum Executive Director Vincent "Vinnie" Luisi. ...more

February 28, 2009

It was Diddy's party, but he came within an hour of missing the whole thing Thursday night. And then there was the 3 a.m. ketchup fight at the Waffle House on Friday. But more on that later. ...more

January 31, 2009

It was Diddy's party, but he came within an hour of missing the whole thing last night. And then there was the 3 a.m. ketchup fight at the Waffle House. But more on that later. ...more

January 30, 2009

A transcript of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's statement Friday ...more

December 19, 2008

This is in reference to Richard Nicks' letter entitled "Democracy For Sale" in the Dec. 17 edition of Hernando Today. He expresses his frustration and that of so many other Americans with the direction the leadership of our country has taken. ...more

December 19, 2008

It has been a summer of big numbers at the movies. A dozen films - including "Iron Man," "Hancock" and "Wall-E" - each have made $100 million or more in ticket sales. "The Dark Knight" has raked in almost $518 million, surpassing "Star Wars" as No. 2 on the list of all-time box office leaders and fueling speculation it could beat 1997's "Titanic" to become all-time champion. ...more

September 20, 2008

Every so often, not just every four years, but in a seemingly endless succession of election years, we're deluged, bombarded, and swamped with political posturing and pontificating. Each side tries to convince us poor ignorant peasants that their candidate walks on water and will make the civilized world safe from all predators while their opponent, if elected, will bring us to the brink of extinction. ...more

September 13, 2008

CD reviews from The Tampa Tribune ...more

September 5, 2008