This being Black History Month, I thought you'd be interested in a call I received the other day from Bob Grover, a journalism professor from the University of Maryland. Seems like someone sent him one of my columns from February 2000, about the stylebook we use down here. He said he had been using that column in his classes and wanted an update. ...more

February 8, 2010

Wonderful gift David and Catherine Straz are to be congratulated for their gift to the performing arts center in Tampa. It is a wonderful legacy for them. As I was driving on North Boulevard this morning, I also saw a University of Tampa building bearing his name. Both are very commendable projects. ...more

January 27, 2010

More than half of the district office resource teaching positions are among the latest position cuts Supertendent Wally Cox is recommending to trim the budget. ...more

March 25, 2009

Shortly after leaving the voting booth, 70-year-old community activist Donald E. Robinson had a thought: "Why do I have to be listed as African-American? Why can't I just be American?" ...more

November 8, 2008

A black professor at Columbia University tells Soledad O'Brien that he instructs his 11-year-old son to fear the police. ...more

July 20, 2008

Premium cable channel HBO has a reputation for its bold programming that features a lot of profanity, nudity and violence. It's the main reason a lot of families with children don't subscribe to it. ...more

July 13, 2008

"Who are you? And how can you write such crap?" ...more

June 14, 2008