One recent Saturday night, my 81-year-old in-laws, once serious league bowlers, got to throw strikes and pick up spares, just like in "the old days." ...more

February 25, 2008

Robert Weiner's face peeked out the picture window of his living room at the scene unfolding in his front yard. ...more

January 11, 2008

Mr. Gulledge had his facts wrong as several letter writers pointed out. Not to gang up on him, but he also offered an opinion that he may wish to reconsider. He opined that Oprah Winfrey endorsed Sen. Obama because both are black. With that line of thinking, her endorsement of Sen. Clinton, likely her second choice, would have been because both are women. ...more

January 1, 2008

Coming soon on new presidential dollar coins - Old Hickory, Old Kinderhook, Old Man Eloquent and the Last of the Cocked Hats. ...more

December 28, 2007

Salvation Army Maj. Richard Hathorn knew when and where it would happen, but he still doesn't know who slipped the $1,000 bill into one of the charity's Christmas kettles. ...more

December 25, 2007

Last week, late in the evening, my wife and I turned on the local news. The story was the ongoing tragedy of 22-year-old former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra. ...more

December 12, 2007

Last week, late in the evening, my wife and I turned on the local news. The story was the ongoing tragedy of 22-year-old former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra. ...more

December 10, 2007

The U.S. Mint is rolling out its fourth new presidential coin today, this one bearing the likeness of James Madison, the father of the Constitution. ...more

November 15, 2007

When Wayne Curtiss dreamed up a T-shirt earlier this year that advertised the inevitability of a Heisman Trophy for University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, the owner of Tampa-based Smack Apparel assumed sales wouldn't take off until Tebow became an actual Heisman candidate later in his career. ...more

October 23, 2007

Several hundred mourners gathered in a cavernous church Friday evening to celebrate a girl who danced in the rain, lit up a room and died too soon. Raquel Carreras, killed in an auto accident one week ago, was remembered by family and friends as an eternally cheerful and energetic 14-year-old who made friends by the dozens and who will not be easily forgotten by them. ...more

September 21, 2007