Impressive things I saw on my trip to Russia in the summer of 2017. The Kremlin. The Hermitage Young couples … More
Month: November 2018
Graveyard of ‘heroes’
(Wrote this in the summer of 2017 for the Gainesville Sun. Still relevant today.) Stalin’s got a busted nose. Shattered … More
Gainesville’s strong compact
I love this town. I know, I’ve been saying that for years. But I’ve never been more enamored of Gainesville … More
Out out damned blot!
Like Jimmy Stewart’s father in “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” I always fancied myself a fighter of lost causes. Which … More
The spinx and the water
ST. PETERSBURG: This is a city of grand palaces and colorful onion-domed Russian Orthodox churches, of giant mosques and fortresses … More
Everywhere a sign
Signs, signs everywhere a sign. Maybe it’s just me but I have a tendency to look for not-so-subtle signs as … More
Voting on the abyss
I was going to tell you that I am seventy years old and this is the most important election in … More
On the smell of money
And then there was the time Gov. Claude Kirk went to Perry for a little flesh-pressing and back-slapping. Perry being … More
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