A dummy’s guide to buying a Christmas tree in Florida
EDITOR's NOTE: This story originally ran in 2018, but every bit of this advice still holds. If you live in Florida and want to buy a fresh Christmas tree that...
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Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, 91, had incredible impact on game
Bobby Bowden, whose homespun charm and coaching savvy turned the Florida State Seminoles into a football superpower, died Sunday morning. He was 91. Bowden announced on July 21 he had...
Health-care workers: Central Florida’s troopers in the Battle of 2020 | Commentary
The first hints of trouble came as the New Year dawned. Pretty soon, a virus few had ever heard of turned the world upside down. "It was like being at...
John Morgan was for the working people of Central Florida in 2020 | Commentary
John Morgan dropped by one of his favorite charities a few years ago and hated what he saw. In the line at the food bank were people dressed in their...
Biden’s evasiveness on the court isn’t very presidential | Commentary
A lot of political rules have vanished the past few years, but I cling to the notion that candidates should let voters know where they stand on important issues. I'm...
Jacob Blake’s mother has the antidote for America’s rage | Commentary
The reaction to the police shooting of Jacob Blake has been depressingly predictable. Buildings destroyed, cars torched, rushes to judgment, bullets flying, Americans at each other's throats. And in the...
‘Pulse’ music tribute deserves to be heard, not canceled | Commentary
Sometimes, you have to hurt somebody's feelings. That's a dicey prospect these days. No matter how hard you try not to step on toes, some people have grown incredibly big...
China gets the NBA to shut up and dribble | Commentary
When National Hockey League games used to turn into brawls, the joke was "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." Now you can tune into a...
July 4 is a time to celebrate, not denigrate, the U.S.A. and its birth | Commentary
The Fourth of July is upon us. You'll understand if Uncle Sam doesn't feel like celebrating. The way things are going, a protester will pop out of America's birthday cake...
When the world goes crazy, who you gonna call? A counselor like this one | Commentary
When the coronavirus crisis arrived, the big worry was what it could do the lungs. Now we're hearing a lot about what it can do the brain. Listen to someone...