Although I’m a news junkie, I do draw some lines. One such was underscored with the arrival of complementary copies of the New York Post this week. It’s hyped as “Florida Same Day,” (excluding Orlando). Features include “Tampa Bay Racing Selections.” Sorry, Rupert. Being privy — even for free — to “New York’s #1 newspaper [...]
There’s something perversely fun about reading pre-game analysis in a post-game context. As in how Sports Illustrated sized up the Super Bowl. SI saw it as close — as did most fans and pundits alike — with the Oakland Raiders edging the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-22. What made no sense, however, was the “matchup” of [...]
Has the Port of Tampa taken a bum rap when it comes to the issue of Cuba? George Williamson, the port’s director, thinks so. “There’s a lot of rhetoric out there,” says Williamson. “This is not a political issue to me. I believe the media did a disservice to us. “We’re portrayed as having no [...]
Gov. Jeb Bush had no problem jumping in with his brother to protest a race-based admissions policy at the University of Michigan. Would that he had shown the same sort of principled fortitude here at home where race obviously has everything to do with retaining Broward County’s black Elections Supervisor Miriam Oliphant. In trying to [...]
The year was 1969. Richard Nixon was president. Apollo 11′s Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. The Concorde made its first test flight. “The Godfather” and “The Peter Principle” topped the best seller lists. “Midnight Cowboy” and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” were box office hits. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair happened. The [...]
First the good news. There’s no lack of public forums for mayoral candidates in this town. Voters, therefore, should know who — and what — they’re getting. Neighborhood associations, from Carver City to Ybor City, host candidate conclaves on a seemingly daily basis. Chambers of commerce, the University of Tampa and various business and professional [...]
First the good news. There’s no lack of public forums for mayoral candidates in this town. Voters, therefore, should know who — and what — they’re getting. Neighborhood associations, from Carver City to Ybor City, host candidate conclaves on a seemingly daily basis. Chambers of commerce, the University of Tampa and various business and professional [...]
Amid the hoopla over the Buccaneers, these final thoughts on the successful season that was at the University of South Florida. *Head Coach Jim Leavitt got a hefty raise, but his new contract only carries a $50,000 buy-out clause. That means, regardless of his obvious fondness for this area and loyalty to USF, he’s year [...]
Here is why the Buccaneers will return home winners even though the road to the Super Bowl must course through the City of Brotherly Mug. I know, I know, the ultimate mettle-detector site — nasty, rat-infested, magistrate-and-jail fortified Veterans Stadium — awaits. As does complementary lousy weather. As does a throaty lot of drunk, cheesesteak-head [...]
Gov. Jeb Bush has taken, arguably, more than his share of criticism from the usual quarters over jettisoning affirmative action in state university admissions. That liberal lobby won’t desist, of course, until meritocracy has been finally eliminated in higher education. But couldn’t the minority-special-interest crowd at least stop carping long enough to acknowledge — let [...]
