One of my favorite Claude Kirk stories is that time he went to the paper mill town of Perry and … 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.
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
Bob Karp’s GNV legacy
Whenever I saw Bob Karp moving around GNV – and that was frequently – he was either on a bicycle, … More
On second thought
Things fall apart, the center cannot hold – William Butler Yeats In retrospect I should have known. That ‘Real Americans’ … More
A movable force
It was water more than anything that devastated North Carolina’s western mountains. Delivered by a hurricane force, it fell and … More
Breaking up is so very hard to do
My dearest X. It’s not you, it’s me. Really. I just think the time has come for us to part … More
Does U.S. News now control UF’s destiny?
Hey what’s even dumber than hiring a football coach – at a king’s ransom – on the expectation that he’s … More
In which I return to the scene of my youthful crime
Well I’m not the kind to live in the pastThe years run too short and the days too fastThe things … More
A couple a hours here, there and everywhere
Long story short. After our exotic river boat excursion down the Rhône River we made a death defying decision. We … More
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