Watching the Sun Bake

Anyone who has traveled by air since October 2001 has had to deal with the petulant, bullying, undignified employees of the Transportation S...

Being a die-hard liberal I have absolutely no problem with using tax dollars to benefit the greater good of the public. Although I detest th...

The Cottonmouth ( Agkistrodon piscivorus )is a widely distributed and fairly well-known venomous snake in Florida. They are usually found i...

A month or so ago, Dave Bylsma, my friend-since-college who still lives in Wisconsin and is a rabid, avid, almost fanatic trout fisherman, t...

(photo from the US Fish and Wildlife Service archives) For some unknown reason last night was a fairly decent night for the nocturnal migra...

Fifty years ago this morning, October 1, 1960, dawned clear and cool and crisp on my grandparents farm northwest of Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Le...

At 9:30 this morning I heard the first Gray Catbird of the fall migration as it called (squawked?) from the infestation of Brazilian Pepper ...

It seems like it was only yesterday that the Bradenton Marauders took the field for their home opener in Bradenton's McKechnie Field on ...

Not long ago the Tampa Bay Rays brought up from Durham 23-year old fire ball throwing pitcher Jeremy Hellickson . Hellickson's career ...

"Religious leaders in Gainesville, Florida, have planned a Gathering for Peace, Understanding and Hope, in response to a local church...

‎"If we have to stop building a Mosque at ground zero, then we have to stop building Catholic churches near playgrounds."... Anony...

Baseball, probably more than any other sport, is a sport of statistics. As Kevin Costner's character told Kelly Preston's character ...

This morning I sent the following email to the management of the Pittsburgh Pirates through their online portal at this link . The focus of ...

Ben Nelson, former Governor of the great Cornhusker State of Nebraska is one of two Senators that represent Nebraskans in the United States ...

In the world of political punditry there are a few names that stand out mainly because the pundits are not necessarily intelligent but only ...

Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold by Jack Rudloe and Anne Rudloe. 2010. Financial Times Press, 251 pp. Hardcover. Recently I saw an a...

Sunday I flew from Sarasota via Atlanta to New Orleans to watch the Triple AAA New Orleans Zephyrs (Florida Marlins affiliate) play the Mem...

This past Sunday I flew from Sarasota to New Orleans (via Atlanta) to attend a New Orleans Zephyrs (Class AAA) minor league baseball game. ...