Buddy MacKay has died at the age of 91. Here’s a piece I wrote for The Sun several years ago … 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.
A wonk, a horse, a sissy strap
In light of the passing of Buddy MacKay – not to mention The Donald’s dumb designs on the Panama Canal … More
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
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