After two years at the top of the heap, Florida no longer holds the distinction as the nation's top fraud spot. Rhode Island made its first appearance to lead the list, which covers 2008. ...more

March 17, 2009

ALL-COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL GOLF Challenger K-8 swept its regular-season matches for a third straight season and repeated as county champions. ...more

December 24, 2008

Caroline Kennedy wants Hillary Clinton's Senate seat. And New York is taking her seriously. We are talking about this matter a lot when we aren't otherwise engaged in attempting to string up rogue investment advisers. ...more

December 20, 2008

I was sorely disappointed when reading that the Highlands County School Board had backed down after listening to a few speeches by people who were claiming that evolution is a proven scientific fact, and that any other theory had no right to a discussion in science classes! Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that a scientific "theory" is accepted on the basis of such criteria as the following: 1. It must be observable. 2. It must be reproducible. 3. It must be predictable. If evolution had those three characteristics, perhaps we could accept it as a viable explanation for what we see all around us; the astonishing complexity of life, the world and the universe. ...more

February 17, 2008

New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and - at the top of the heap - a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions. ...more

January 24, 2008

Where there are red wigglers, there is black gold for the garden. ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - Workers in the Tampa Bay area were a bit happier last month but ranked dead last among the listed cities in job confidence and satisfaction, according to a survey released this week. ...more

November 1, 2007