On a recent visit to one of Tampa Bay's public schools just to see first hand what it is like to revisit a time that shaped the person I was to become only to find out a totally different and foreign world really perplexes me. First impressions they say are worth a thousand...
It was the summer of '68. A hot and humid one as I recall. I guess the heat got to allot of people back then from the way the protesters acted during the Democratic Convention in Chicago that year. For me I was taking summer courses at the University and training for the up...
What has turned out to be a nip and tuck election season with more nips, tucks and evasive posturing by practically every political candidate seeking office leaves one with more questions than answers about the quality of leadership they would bring. After all isn't the...
Tim, the tool man here. Ah yes, the joys of home ownership! Lately though, it hasn't been quite the joy in owning this home. There is the lawn to mow, the garden to water, the windows to wash, the gutters to clean, and now the bathrooms to remodel. The most daunting task with...
In the annals of sports where in each particular one whether it is Basketball, Baseball or others there are those who are revered by their peers and sportswriters from across generations who bestow upon one individual as the greatest there was. In professional football it is...
Water! Literally the blood of life itself. The most precious of all things. Through-out history wars have been fought over the right to claim water rights. Like a nations finances, governments ability to control the availability of water is the only other source in...
" How fortunate for leaders that men do not think." Adolf Hitler. Quite profound that Hitler would come up with that. But today, I can't help wonder if this is what actually happening especially with the Presidential election just weeks away. The first of three debates...
In the last half of the 20th century it was President Kennedy who took up the gauntlet of outlining a national directive focusing on science and technology. The course that the United States chartered then propelled America into the space age. No longer was man confined to...
Remember Pat Boone and those white buckskin shoes. The good old days of early rock and roll. Back then the giants of the pop music world was Elvis and Pat Boone. Then there was Ricky Nelson. But if my recollection still is sound it was Elvis who captivated audiences with his...
In no other time in the history of the United States has their ever been such a furor to cut and dismantle the defense industry. The proposals that are being considered that would leave this nation in serious jeopardy border on the too extreme. Granted there are inlays...
The sea of change is upon us. The gentle summer winds have now disappeared. Shorter days, darker nights where autumn winds howl through leafless trees brings a foreboding premonition of turbulent times ahead. It is never more apparent than with our youth today. Turbulent...
When history recalls great lovers one name is synonymous with erotic exploits. In the 18th century Giacomo Girolamo Casanova literally made women swoon through his the ability to charm. Even Webster's dictionary defines Casanova as a man who is amorously and gallantly...
This election may be a pivotal point in US history but the facts are already on the wall. No matter who wins the Presidency it is the American citizens who will be the unlucky looser's. Both Mit Romney and President Obama still are barking up the wrong tree sort of speaking...
When people think of Robin Hood they conjure up a likeness of Friar Tuck with a benevolence toward those who are poor and destitute. Today we have in the state of Florida elected officials who are behaving like Robin Hood only in reverse. The greed of the rich Robber Barons...
Ever since President Nixon the term, the trickle down effect, was the concept that shaped the fiscal policies and the way government handled the economy. This so called theory in economic lingo typified the fortunes and misfortunes of this nation. During the Reagan years...
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