Back when I was a young editorial writer, I produced a regular feature called “Gunshine State.” Just a periodic roundup…
We’re killing our rivers
When Abe Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe he reportedly said “so you are the little woman who wrote the book…
Death of a panhandler
The world will little note nor long remember the man who died with his hand out while panhandling on the…
Another traffic scam
INVERNESS: On a recent Tuesday I sent 500 cyclists to Crystal River. And why not? What we try to do…
Don’t flip McConnell
Alachua County: Where nature and culture – if not necessarily minds – meet. Honestly, sometimes I think the county’s left…
The sign guy tells all
So there was this dead armadillo in the middle of East Gobbler Road. Clutching an empty can of Lite beer…
Collusion collages
I cannot help myself. I think therefore I must collude to collage. I know this whole Trumpfestation is getting to…
A fondness for life
In a recent letter to the editor a prominent local resident (and a friend of mine) bemoaned Gainesville’s “fondness for…
Fast driving and the city
Lately the county has been conducting an experiment in traffic calming on the highway that borders my neighborhood. Well,…
Waiving the orange flag
Dispatches from the front: The War On Cars is flagging. The cars are winning. Oh, I know, it’s been a…
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