People who seem to be in the know seem to like the choice of MaryEllen Elia to run the Hillsborough County School District. You get the idea that she doesn’t suffer fools and won’t venerate the status quo. But there are also those who note she doesn’t have a doctorate and say she won over [...]
People who seem to be in the know seem to like the choice of MaryEllen Elia to run the Hillsborough County School District. You get the idea that she doesn’t suffer fools and won’t venerate the status quo. But there are also those who note she doesn’t have a doctorate and say she won over [...]
When NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced that the host “city” for the 2009 Super Bowl was “Tampa Bay,” it spoke volumes. Super Bowl XLIII will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for sure, but the winning offer ultimately came from this region. No surrounding amenities – such as world-class beaches, golf courses and [...]
When NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced that the host “city” for the 2009 Super Bowl was “Tampa Bay,” it spoke volumes. Super Bowl XLIII will be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa for sure, but the winning offer ultimately came from this region. No surrounding amenities – such as world-class beaches, golf courses and [...]
Several outtakes from the book “Bad News” by former CBS News senior foreign correspondent Tom Fenton: *ABC News’ Peter Jennings: “I have lived in the region (Middle East); I know that not everybody is anti-American. There is less anti-Americanism in the Arab world, I think, than there is in Europe.” *Iconic, former CBS News’ anchor [...]
Amid the scandals, torture and atrocities that have spun out of the Iraqi invasion, worldwide context has been a war victim. To wit: In a hierarchy of outrageous occurrences, we have a skivvy-clad Saddam Hussein, commodable Korans (retraction notwithstanding), a sexual pyramid, video-taped beheadings and car-bombed civilians. For added clarity, call it: embarrassment, sacrilege and [...]
With the inevitable ebb and flow of the war on terrorism — here an unconscionable Abu Ghraib, there a gutsy voter turnout — it becomes easy to forget the most salient – and ironic — piece of advice yet uttered on the subject of America’s “liberation” of Iraq. It was proffered by Gen. Colin Powell, [...]
With the inevitable ebb and flow of the war on terrorism — here an unconscionable Abu Ghraib, there a gutsy voter turnout — it becomes easy to forget the most salient – and ironic — piece of advice yet uttered on the subject of America’s “liberation” of Iraq. It was proffered by Gen. Colin Powell, [...]
Consider: A flesh-puppet pyramid, commodable Korans (retraction notwithstanding) and a skivvy-clad Saddam. Plus videotaped beheadings and car-bomb carnage. Or: Degradation, sacrilege, humiliation and murder. Pretty much a wash.
As someone who has been on the receiving end of media queries, I found “Taking Heat” by Ari Fleischer an interesting – if not riveting – read. Fleischer, the former press secretary of President George W. Bush, gives an insider’s look behind (a few of) the scenes of the White House and what it’s like [...]
