I was wrong. (And other things.)
I remember the days when you waited until after Labor Day to start your political campaign for a November election. Not anymore. It’s the morning after the primary. I was…
Primary Election Day.
It’s primary Election Day in Florida. So far, it’s been a rough and tumble season. The political ads have been tough. Really tough. One of the big decisions to be…
“Old-fashioned corner druggist.”
I spent some time this weekend going through some boxes I’m sending to storage. In one of them, some of my pharmacist dad’s tools of the trade. Ray Rhodes had…
Not going down without a fight.
No surprise here. Liz Cheney lost her Wyoming primary yesterday. She lost big. No surprise there either. The question now… what’s she gonna do next? There’s talk of a presidential…
Hope they had plenty of meatballs.
We’ve got some crazy video out Shanghai, China, of customers being locked in an IKEA store. They can be seen fighting to get out as security guards were forcing them…
Years of anger.
I spent much of the weekend thinking about Salman Rushdie. By now, you know the author was attacked and stabbed multiple times while preparing to make a speech in western…
Finally, the right direction.
All of a sudden, good news about the economy. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, but there are some positive signs about things. Let’s start with gas prices. AAA is…
Back to school.
Around here, most kids are heading back to school today. It seems so early for it to be happening. At the end of the school year in May, I was…
Truman, Adams and Koala Blue.
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, but it feels as though those I most admired while growing up are leaving us quickly these days. We have lost two great talents.…
“I don’t want to die.”
“I don’t want to die.” Those are the words from a little girl to her mom about starting first grade. I’m doing a story today about security in local schools.…