If you thought there were a lot more “illegal” fireworks being shot into their air on the Fourth of July weekend, you were correct.
This is one time I’m happy to be wrong.
Do voucher programs put public schools at risk?
Can you imagine showing up at your place of work and seeing an "Out of Business" sign? With no warning?
I wrote a column awhile back on how important it is that you shop and buy from your local businesses. To stay on that theme, I found an intere…
Freedom, independence, self-sufficiency — these are great and glorious concepts. We celebrate them this time of year, whether we process it th…
The mask debate is just about everywhere lately.
As we think about our friends, neighbors and colleagues who have battled COVID-19 the past few months, and prepare for the weeks and months ah…
“Romancing the drunk.”
Before I get to some of my thoughts and concerns from this week, I want to wish a Happy Father’s Day to all the dads in our communities.
Fake news. Those two words have likely created more confusion and distrust of the news media than any other. While it is easy to understand wh…
Ugh. The daily COVID-19 update article has returned to #1. I was hoping we'd never see it in the top spot again.
I wrote last week about a very private relationship I had when I was a teenager. It was with a black girl who I met at a party and dated brief…
I was astonished. My first thought was, "What was he doing swimming there? You just don't do that in Florida."
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How does a white guy write about racism and the inequities of being black in our society? He doesn’t. I have no idea what it’s like.
Many of you were angry, and that’s likely what made this week’s #1 story so compelling.
The death of George Floyd and resulting riots and demonstrations around the country have created public outrage, fear, apprehension and sorrow.
It’s been another highly active news cycle week as we all read about the tragic death of George Floyd, racial tensions, violent protests, a so…
I am one happy camper. Month after mind-numbing month, our daily COVID-19 stats story has been the unbeaten #1 most-read article on our Websit…
June 6 had always been a special day for John J. Pinder, Joe as his friends called him.
Let this sink in. We placed a story online late Monday afternoon and in just three hours, it had already become the third-most read story of t…
Watching the sniping masked as “leadership” that has defined our political response to COVID-19 triggered a memory of another calamitous time.…
National Hospital Week has even deeper meaning this year as Venice Regional Bayfront Health and Gulf Coast Medical Group celebrate our health …
Watching the sniping masked as “leadership” that has defined our political response to COVID-19 triggered a memory of another calamitous time.…
Businesses and restaurants are open!
When I was the editor of a small weekly newspaper in High Springs (near Gainesville), the police chief used to always say, “Don’t say that can…
The theme for this year’s Nurses Week celebrations — Year of the Nurse — was set long before coronavirus upended our world. But given the hero…
