What a welcome weather respite — and therapeutic diversion — was provided by that thrilling USF double-overtime win against TCU two Saturdays ago. For a few fleeting hours it was sanctuary city, as the cone of anxiety and the approach of the apocalypse du jour were on hold for some quality escape. Until, that is, [...]
Much of the early skirmishing in the Florida senate race has been necessarily blunted by hurricane coverage. With the anxiety respite, however, have come some curious calculations. In the political universe all perception is reality, and the Mel Martinez campaign has allowed its candidate, the former U.S. Housing Secretary and erstwhile president of the Academy [...]
The CBS/Dan Rather “memogate” incident begs several interpretations and subplots. To wit: *Given the three-way communication among CBS producer Mary Mapes, John Kerry senior adviser Joe Lockhart and long time George W. Bush critic and memo enabler Bill Burkett, conspiracy theorists have some traction. The real outcome: Left-leaning CBS and its anchor/executive news editor Dan [...]
The CBS/Dan Rather “memogate” incident begs several interpretations and subplots. To wit: *Given the three-way communication among CBS producer Mary Mapes, John Kerry senior adviser Joe Lockhart and long time George W. Bush critic and memo enabler Bill Burkett, conspiracy theorists have some traction. The real outcome: Left-leaning CBS and its anchor/executive news editor Dan [...]
According to media reports out of the Middle East, the rash of kidnappings, beheadings, suicide bombings and killings of Russian schoolchildren has taken a toll on public opinion in the Muslim world. In fact, the ongoing pattern of atrocities has sparked a debate among Arab intellectuals on why the majority of such heinous acts have [...]
I took another look at the rendering of the 150,000 square-foot, glass-dominated Tampa Museum of Art that will break ground in January. It would appear we will now have another option for all that plywood stockpiled in so many South Tampa garages.
Enough, already, of the whining, hand-wringing and excuse-mongering over the American team’s latest embarrassment in Ryder Cup competition with Europe. C’mon, let’s be real. What do you expect? It’s one country against a whole continent.
In 1980 independent candidate John Anderson delivered one of the most memorably mordant lines in presidential campaign annals when he referred to the standard bearers of the two major parties, Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, as the “evil of two lessers.” History would eventually confirm the degree of hyperbole in play. [...]
In 1980 independent candidate John Anderson delivered one of the most memorably mordant lines in presidential campaign annals when he referred to the standard bearers of the two major parties, Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan, as the “evil of two lessers.” History would eventually confirm the degree of hyperbole in play. [...]
The Sept. 11 commission, which has made a strong case for a myriad of intelligence-gathering-and-sharing upgrades, has added one more after the fact. Commission members Fred Fielding and Jamie Gorelick told a Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee that presidential candidates should announce their choices for State and Defense secretaries and national security advisor before the election. [...]
