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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

Bob Karp’s GNV legacy

Whenever I saw Bob Karp moving around GNV – and that was frequently – he was either on a bicycle, … More

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