After reading Peter Stathis's letter, I realize that I owe an apology to the right wingers out there. ...more

October 28, 2009

Endangered Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battle sites, including locations in Florida and throughout the South, could get federal preservation grants under a bill passed last week by the House. ...more

March 9, 2009

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March 7, 2009

As Maya Clark enters Wiregrass Ranch High later this month, her eyes are open to the new challenges ahead of her. The basketball and volleyball phenom is aware that the level of competition in high school will be more intense than what she has been accustomed to. ...more

August 3, 2008

During his days doing stand-up in the 1960s, Bill Cosby recorded a track for one of his comedy albums about the American Revolution. ...more

July 21, 2008

America's cities and towns will fill with parades, fireworks, and barbecues in celebration of the Fourth of July, the 232nd birthday of America. But one hopes that the speeches will contain fewer bromides and more attention to exactly what is being celebrated. The Fourth of July is Independence Day, but America's leaders and intellectuals have been trying to move us further and further away from the meaning of Independence Day, away from the philosophy that created this country. ...more

July 4, 2008

A team of underwater explorers has found the remains of HMS Ontario, a 22-gun British warship that sank in a storm on the southern shore of Lake Ontario during the last years of the American Revolution. ...more

June 14, 2008

Halfway through an interview, Evelyn Towler sighed. "I have a lot to say, but I don't particularly like talking about myself." ...more

May 3, 2008

Halfway through an interview, Evelyn Towler sighed. "I have a lot to say, but I don't particularly like talking about myself." But ask the Dunedin woman about her passion for teaching and the words exuberantly tumble out. The 84-year-old Towler has chalked up 38 years in the classroom, teaching everything from kindergarten to college. She fell into teaching almost by accident, she explained, having once wanting to be a journalist. ...more

May 3, 2008

An investigator in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office logged on to the Internet recently to prove a point. ...more

February 18, 2008