One of the sheer pleasures of riding my bicycle aimlessly about GNV is that, inevitably, I come across something completely…
How Buddy MacKay happened
Buddy MacKay has died at the age of 91. Here’s a piece I wrote for The Sun several years ago…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
