Jimmie Johnson has won 23 races the past three seasons, and claimed the points championship each year, too. ...more

October 25, 2009

Nobody forgets Ed Maley. And that's to our good fortune, because the lessons he teaches are ones that should be remembered. ...more

September 12, 2009

Fifty years ago, the Tribune printed an intriguing headline: "And Just Why Shouldn't Tampa Have a Woman Mayor?" ...more

March 8, 2009

Members of Pasco Hadassah learned of both Israel's toughness and its gentleness at their Wednesday meeting at the Jasmine Lakes Civic Center. ...more

February 21, 2009

Early in his tenure as Port Richey city manager, Richard Reade took us to task for something that appeared in this space. In commenting on the issue of the day in the city, we alluded to various unsuccessful attempts over the years to dissolve Port Richey. We also made reference to the rough-and-tumble nature of governance, Port Richey style. ...more

December 31, 2008

If your child is motivated, virtual school may be the best path. ...more

October 31, 2008

Paul Newman, that pure and concentrated essence of classic movie stardom, reinvented himself a couple of times in the span of his long career, until he ended up playing the kind of guy he might have become had he never left his native Shaker Heights, Ohio: an ultra-conservative cold-fish Midwestern lawyer, married for decades to the same woman (see his performance in "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," from 1990). ...more

September 28, 2008

Dom Irrera has been performing at Tampa's Side Splitters about as long as the club has been open. The place celebrated its 15th anniversary last year. ...more

September 19, 2008

When Sen. John McCain is in Washington, he lives in a luxury high-rise condominium in Arlington, Va., owned by his wife, Cindy Hensley McCain. ...more

August 23, 2008

It's one thing for a Texas singer-songwriter to draw comparisons to the greats who preceded him. It's another to co-write with a couple of them. ...more

July 17, 2008