With nine named storms, the 2009 season that ends today was the calmest in a dozen years. You have to go back to 1997, which had seven named storms, to find a year with fewer. ...more

November 30, 2009

Irv Friedman of Beacon Woods says Florida should develop wind and solar energy and leave offshore oil drilling alone. ...more

May 15, 2009

No More War Resolutions Years ago, I had a couple of hours with the current Republican nominee for president. At that time, RADM 'Junior' McCain, whom I'd known for some time, asked me if I'd give his son, LT John S. McCain, III, a lift on my flight from Norfolk to Glenview, Ill. I wish I could have five minutes of that three-hour flight to seek his pledge on a paramount national security issue. ...more

July 5, 2008