In light of the passing of Buddy MacKay – not to mention The Donald’s dumb designs on the Panama Canal … More
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Ron Cunningham is a sometime journalist who used to string words together at the Gainesville Sun before I retired to free lance and blog. If I still had a business card it would read: Ron Cunningham: Trained Observer Of The Human Condition. Because like The Donald, you know, ego.
My last interview with Buddy MacKay
Buddy MacKay, who represented GNV for many years in the Florida Legislature and Congress before movng on to become Lt. … More
How to unite a nation in a time of crisis
FDR to the American people after the attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 a date which will live in … More
The night GNV painted the sky
Listen, I’m not gonna lie to you. It’s been an armpit of a year. I mean, when you live in … More
Once upon a time at the University of Florida
I wonder what Parker Small would have thought of Joseph A. Lapado’s sweetheart deal with the University of Florida? Not … More
The autoAmerican (anonymous) way of death
News of little note Gainesville Sun, 4-20-24 Two people are dead and two were injured early Saturday morning after a … More
The once and future GRU fiasco
A former neighbor of mine had been an attorney for GRU. Once, a long, long, long time ago, I asked … More
What’s that smell? It’s not money
One of my favorite Claude Kirk stories is that time he went to the paper mill town of Perry and … More
Time to rescue the Matheson House…again
I wrote this piece for The Gainesville Sun. Sarah Matheson would have lost her home to fire if not for … More
The new ‘history guy’ in town
How GNV is Salvatore Cumella? Well, he wasn’t born and raised here. But neither is Cumella a stranger in this … More
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