Add HSN to the list of companies jumping on the Apple iPhone bandwagon. Over the weekend, the St. Petersburg retailer's app on the iPhone went live after many months in software development and many weeks in review by Apple programmers. ...more

August 17, 2009

Here are my comments on the divisive subject of the meaning of "liberal" and "conservative." ...more

February 6, 2009

Where can you get a good Barack Obama-inspired ice cream? Or sneakers airbrushed with images of Obama rousing the nation forward? Fear not, shopping nation. As Tuesday's inauguration nears, the American retail scene is overflowing with Obama-themed merchandise for every taste imaginable. ...more

January 15, 2009

Our society has declared war against all pain. ...more

December 4, 2008

The Florida Gators' bandwagon is filling up in a hurry. Averaging almost 50 points over its past five games, Florida is quickly becoming the darling of college football insiders, many boldly predicting the Gators will roll undeterred through their remaining schedule and past Alabama in the Southeastern Conference Championship game. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays are all over the news these days, and I've got to say the timing couldn't be better. ...more

October 22, 2008

It would have been easy to lose faith. The losses piled up year after year and baseball in Tampa Bay had become a metaphor for failure. ...more

October 19, 2008

Novelist Christopher Buckley, son of the late William F. Buckley, recently endorsed Barack Obama on the Web site the Daily Beast. It resulted in his resignation from the National Review, the conservative magazine his father founded. Excerpts from his endorsement follow: ...more

October 19, 2008

In its inaugural season, the Matrix has hit the ground running. Literally. The Tampa-based track team, which is comprised of some of the top athletes in the county, including Chamberlain's Dentarius Locke, Hillsborough's Lindsey Lamar and Terrence Mitchell and Tampa Bay Tech's Tanesha Maxwell, qualified 27 athletes for the AAU Junior Olympic Championships, which begin in Detroit on July 23. ...more

July 16, 2008

In its inaugural season, the Matrix has hit the ground running. Literally. The Tampa-based track team, which is comprised of some of the top athletes in the county, including Chamberlain's Dentarius Locke, Hillsborough's Lindsey Lamar and Terrence Mitchell and Tampa Bay Tech's Tanesha Maxwell, qualified 27 athletes for the AAU Junior Olympic Championships, which begin in Detroit on July 23. ...more

July 16, 2008