This is why people hate government. Ron DeSantis says it ought to be an inalienable parental right to decide whether … More
Author: FreeGNV
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.
The great usurpers
Andrew Jackson invaded St. Marks and Pensacola, hung two Brit subjects and slaughtered more than 270 free Blacks, escaped slaves … More
GNV’s dumbest stroad
Let’s talk about Gainesville’s dumbest stroad. A stroad being a car corridor that isn’t smart enough to be a street … More
Good news, bad news
One day in the life, as reflected on the front page of the Gainesville Sun. First, I get it that … More
In old GNV downtown
Listen, if you think the downtown Gainesville scene is The Place To Be now, it has apparently always been thus. … More
Delusions of GNV grandeur
I think we’ve always had delusions of grandeur in our quirky little town, and this was even before the Gators … More
Life in a seashell
Where to begin when you set out to write the epic story of a marine species that has survived a … More
All the shells in the sea
Here’s my review of Cynthia Barnett’s new book, “The Sound Of The Sea: Seashells And The Fate Of The Ocean,” … More
Think big, go small
What if, in reimagining The Power District, Gainesville is aiming big when it ought to be going small? Commissioners have … More
Ron’s back roads
I wrote this for the current, Summer 2021, issue of Forum magazine. It’s about some of my favorite out-of-the-way places … More
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