Increasingly, it looks as if the upshot of the racial rift resulting from the Cambridge, Mass., arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. is not the inexplicable case of racial profiling it initially appeared to be. In fact, it seems that race was less a factor than a post-facto overreaction. We now know that the [...]
Call it the fortnight that was for the St. Petersburg-based Tampa Bay Rays. *Talk ratcheted up further on the alternatives-to-Tropicana Field scenario. This time the Pinellas County-based ABC Coalition suggested that Hillsborough County sites actually made the most regional sense for a new facility location. *Then groundbreaking ceremonies were finally held for a [...]
This much we should all be able to agree on. It was despicable for some slug to have secretly videotaped Erin Andrews, ESPN’s attractive sports reporter, through a hotel peephole. And then to up the digital-disgust ante by posting it on YouTube. And it was unconscionable for the New York Post and CBS News [...]
Whether you swear by — or at — Rush Limbaugh, give him his due. He’s really, really successful. His job, of course, is not to make better policy decisions for the U.S. Nor is his job to be an honest broker. His job is to entertain by pandering to a sizable demographic of acolytes [...]
When Tampa City Council member Mary Mulhern returned from her visit to Cuba with a delegation of business execs, she was preparing herself for the obvious question: Now what? Most Americans can’t go to Cuba, and the few who do typically don’t include elected Florida officials. And given the change in Administrations, the short shelf [...]
While most observers and interested parties were curious about what Mulhern would do in the way of a Cuban follow-up, that was hardly the focus of one of the dailies. The headline on page one (Tampa Bay) of last Friday’s St. Petersburg Times was “Taxpayers Pay Cuba Tab.” The sub-head read: “Tampa council member Mary [...]
The Atlantic Coast Conference is justifiably concerned with last season’s disappointing attendance at the ACC’s football title game at Raymond James Stadium. It was the first of a two-year commitment for Tampa as host. The Dec. 6 game only drew 27,000. ACC officials are blaming a “perfect storm” of the economy and the short notice [...]
One can only wonder what the real relationship is between Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton these days. Are they still on the same team of rivals? Clinton’s portfolio is beyond daunting – and hardly limited to North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel, China and Venezuela. Russia is a [...]
Ever notice how low the bar is set on certain, sensitive subjects, especially those with strong political/cultural overtones? Especially in the Muslim Middle East? Take, for instance, the recent headline-grabbing, (Western) compliment-yielding comments by King Mohammed VI of Morocco. He acknowledged the Holocaust in a speech. Sure, the moderate King must tread softly amid [...]
Couldn’t agree more with those who say “enough” about President Obama and his Hawaiian certificate of live birth. And “enough” of the fringe GOPsters who give “conspiracy nut” a bad name. It’s scurrilous sour grapes. Not even Barry Goldwater’s birth in (the territory of) Arizona grew legs like this. So, “enough” on the subject of [...]
