MY VIEW: Who knows best: You or Pelosi?
December 10, 2009
There is only one reason for the forcible transference of decision-making authority over important areas of our private lives to elite decision-makers in Congress and government bureaucracies. Doing so confers control, power, wealth and revenue to society's elite.
Letter to the editor
December 10, 2009
Readers give opinions about the firing of Sarasota police officer Christopher Childers and offshore seismic survey work.
OUR VIEW: High-speed looting
December 9, 2009
Amtrak? And how's that working for the American taxpayer? Oh, it only lost $1.1 billion last year.
MY VIEW: The problem is in the mirror
December 3, 2009
n many respects, Sarasota County did a commendable job squirreling away rainy-day funds and then reacting relatively quickly to the downturn with budget cuts.
OUR VIEW: Slap in the face? No, worse
December 3, 2009
The Sarasota City Commission knows no bounds to dimwittedness.
LETTER: Why would the AARP back the health care bill?
December 3, 2009
I received a mailing from AARP urging me to call Congressman Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, to ask him to support the health care bill.
LETTER: Congress can do positive things for unemployed workers
December 3, 2009
If Congress truly wants to do something positive for the unemployed American workers, there are two things it can do and not spend a dime of our taxpayer money.
OUR VIEW: Lessons from the pilgrims
November 24, 2009
Edward Winslow’s 1622 description of a Pilgrim feast is often regarded as the model from which grew our modern Thanksgiving tradition.
Vignettes from a bell ringer
November 24, 2009
These are just some of the stories that I’ve heard in 20 years of ringing the bell for the Salvation Army at Christmas time in front of Publix.
- May
19 Singles on the Go Travel Meeting
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm - May
19 2012 Merit Scholarship Recital
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - May
20 Gentle Yoga and Meditation with Lynn Burgess
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
20 Fun Fitness for Parkinsons
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
