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One professor called it spiteful. Another said it was far-fetched. Those were the reactions Wednesday to U.S Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite's request that President Barack Obama get the permission of Congress before he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. ...more
October 29, 2009
10. Heard the lady with the heart-shaped potato was going to be here. 9. Thought it would be fun to watch someone else get heckled. ...more
September 23, 2009
James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday, his son said. He was 87. ...more
February 6, 2009
The president's disgust at Wall Street looters was good. But we need more. We need disgorgement. ...more
February 3, 2009
Visitors this week probably have noticed that the locals get a little annoyed when someone refers to where we live as Tampa Bay. If you ask directions and don't keep moving, you'll get the lecture about Tampa being the city and the other one that body of water we pay exorbitant prices to live by. ...more
January 28, 2009
An activist in the civil rights moment, 102-year-old Winonah Greene lives to see an African-American president. ...more
January 7, 2009
Santa Fest, a couple of hockey games and a few other events might interfere with a time travel excursion in December, so the Tampa Bay History Center has postponed its grand opening to Jan. 17. ...more
October 15, 2008
Santa Fest, a couple of hockey games and a few other events may interfere with a time travel excursion in December, so the Tampa Bay History Center has postponed its grand opening to Jan. 17. ...more
October 14, 2008
Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. So claim many historians, although the tale seems a tad apocryphal. ...more
September 27, 2008
Where do you look when you want to recruit spies? Just about everywhere, judging from the formerly top-secret records of the World War II agency that became today's CIA. ...more
August 15, 2008
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