What is her problem? Is U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite so involved with political posturing that the unemployment rate in Hernando County, currently 14.9 percent with no indication the upward trend will reverse itself anytime in the foreseeable future, is secondary to some flimflam notation that a hometown community leader should dare initiate dialogue that could create or redistribute jobs in the county? ...more

January 27, 2010

It's a time of year to reflect on surviving holiday gatherings, especially your own. ...more

December 12, 2009

The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differ only in place: Whether in the pool, dinner table or bowling alley, he was a 50-something man whose life had been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always, his father was by his side. ...more

November 9, 2009

The scenes seared into the minds of those who know Bobby Yurkanin differed only in place: Whether in the pool, around the dinner table or at the bowling alley, he was the 50-something man whose life had long before been handed over to the sickness of his parents. Always his father was by his side. ...more

November 8, 2009

Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the television, U.S. families say they are spending less time together. ...more

June 16, 2009

A Brooksville man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually molested an 8-year-old girl. ...more

April 13, 2009

What are the two subjects you don't discuss at the dinner table in America? ...more

February 21, 2009

It's the end of the year, and I've got a bucket full of gratitude and a recipe for charred tomatillo guacamole for my final 2008 column. ...more

December 31, 2008

If you were wondering what people were searching for on Google during one of the biggest shopping days of the year last year, you might be surprised that the lyrics for Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" was in the top three. We can only surmise that it was the result of heated arguments around the dinner table on Thanksgiving. Here are some of the other search terms. ...more

November 28, 2008

He'll lower gas prices, bring a favorite cousin home from Iraq, make racism go away and unite the whole world. ...more

November 9, 2008