An album of songs about a tawdry night out doesn't suggest grand ambitions on Franz Ferdinand's part - what else have they ever written about, really? - but at least it's something they probably know well. ...more

February 6, 2009

I was pleased to read the article about bully laws being created to protect school children. The pro-Amendment 2 letters recently printed express much concern for the welfare of children but they are overlooking the fact that we are all children. ...more

November 2, 2008

In a brief response to Bill Youngman and anyone considering a yes vote on Amendment Two: Yes, I am a gay man who currently gets no financial or social legal benefits from my union with my partner of 27 years and I am fine with that. But in your defense, Mr. Youngman, the thought of marriage makes me sick and only brings up historically negative connotations such as divorce, spousal mental and physical abuse, drug and alcohol addictions, dead-beat dads, mothers working three jobs or relying on the government to support them. I believe only a very small portion of the gay community wants a home like their friends and neighbors. Yes, judges can overturn current laws, but like California, then Florida residents can vote and decide a less divisive amendment. ...more

October 24, 2008

Prescription pill abuse killed three times more Floridians last year than an overdose of an illegal drug ...more

August 17, 2008

On 2004's "Uh Huh Her," PJ Harvey did something she had never done before: She repeated herself. "Uh Huh Her" retreated to the jagged blues-rock of her earliest work, the first time a Harvey album failed to break new stylistic ground. ...more

November 29, 2007

As if all the thin people on television weren't bad enough, now dieters must contend with the jealousy inspired by contestants on 'The Biggest Loser,' the NBC reality series. The 18 obese Americans lucky enough to have been picked are sequestered on the show's campus, work out with a trainer up to five hours a day, vote people off their teams and participate in challenges such as who can run faster than a kindergartner. ...more

October 21, 2007