To commemorate an achievement no less than a lifetime in the making, newly minted U.S. citizen Regina Simmons received from her very best American friends ... a book. But not just any book. It was "1776," David McCullough's well-woven tale about the struggling birth of American liberty - a condition that today is as often taken for granted as it is poorly understood. ...more

March 29, 2009

You can thank an "older American" that our Constitution provides for a separate and strong executive branch. ...more

November 3, 2008

THE BUCKET LIST **½ ...more

June 12, 2008

Kenny Chesney may not have wanted online voters to decide one of country music's top awards, but he still asked his fans to click for him. ...more

May 20, 2008

This had to be a bit like the American Civil Liberties Union blackballing historian David McCullough from giving a speech on the Fourth of July because he might mention the Declaration of Independence. ...more

May 8, 2008

More than 200 years after they were written, huge portions of the papers of America's founding fathers are still decades away from being published, prompting a distinguished group of scholars and federal officials to pressure Congress to speed the process along. ...more

December 15, 2007

Class 5A EAST LAKE AT LARGO WHERE: Packers Stadium ...more

November 15, 2007