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Guest AuthorMay 28, 2015

In case you haven’t noticed, as the sport of running grows, so does its detractors. They display bumper stickers on their car that proudly proclaim 0.0 miles. They email memes and cartoons making fun of runners and accidentally/on-purpose include us in the distribution list. They post articles on Facebook berating the sport and are the […]

Guest AuthorMay 25, 2015

My husband and I take our kids to Bay Pines National Cemetery in St. Petersburg every Memorial Day. We’ve been attending the event for 14 years and can remember the days when hardly anyone showed up. Back in 2000 and 2001, we could always find a parking space, a seat in front, and plenty of […]

Guest AuthorMay 21, 2015

“I want you to get genetic testing to determine your risk for cancer,” my mother said. Lunches with her used to be enjoyable. I’d talk about my latest tattoo or piercing. She’d innocently invite me to church. Then I hit middle age and she started eating dinner at 4 p.m.; now our talks often take […]

Guest AuthorMay 14, 2015

I can’t remember the last time I felt angry, either on a political or personal level. Fiery, passionate…sure. I got a little miffed when Zayn left One Direction. But real anger? Maybe I’m too tired, or too middle-aged, but it’s been years since I’ve experienced that kind of energy. Anger is unproductive and a waste […]

Guest AuthorMay 10, 2015

I feel bad for Mike Rossi. He’s the Boston Marathon dad with an inflated ego who wrote a sanctimonious letter to his children’s principal for not excusing their absences when he took them out of school to cheer for him. Now, after allegations that he may have cheated in his race to qualify for Boston, […]

Phil AmmannMay 1, 2015

On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott named two Tampa legal experts to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, which serves Hillsborough County. Judge Christopher Nash, 43, of Tampa, currently serves as Hillsborough County Judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. He previously practiced with Leavengood, Nash, Dauval & Boyle from 2004-2013. Before that, he worked with Akerman Senterfitt […]

Guest AuthorApril 30, 2015

Remember when you blew off high school in April of your senior year because you thought it’d be more fun to travel with the Grateful Dead and sell grilled cheese sandwiches? Or how about that time you skipped finals to spend a week harvesting marijuana seeds because hydroponic pot was the wave of the future? […]

Guest AuthorApril 21, 2015

I know I’m totally putting myself at risk by writing this column, and openly admitting to something the authorities consider irrefutable evidence of irresponsible parenting. There have been many articles recently published about parents doing something similar to what I’ve done, and those parents were subsequently questioned by police officers. A few have been arrested. […]

Guest AuthorApril 9, 2015

Like many fans of punk and alternative music, I felt sad when Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth, broke up. I was a casual fan and knew them mostly for their influence. Kim Gordon especially was important as an original rocker/feminist and she always seemed so unconventional and unapologetic about it. When I […]

Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2015

Most of us have the capacity to show concern for others, but way too often it’s only when those “others” are a lot like us. It should surprise no one that a mouthy, opinionated woman like me is an avowed feminist. Oh and the LGBT movement is stocked full of gay people. Plus the Republican […]

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Catherine Durkin Robinson: Why people hate runners

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Memorial Day is a chance to teach your kids

Catherine Durkin Robinson: I have an elevated risk of breast cancer, they told me

Catherine Durkin Robinson: The downside of anger — personally and politically

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Mike Rossi, the Boston Marathon, cheaters and 'attention whoring'

Gov. Scott names Tampa’s Christopher Nash and Mark Kiser to Circuit Court

Catherine Durkin Robinson: How a mentor can help a teenager who is about to make bad choices

Catherine Durkin Robinson: I let my boys walk home alone; go ahead, cuff me

Catherine Durkin Robinson: A review of Kim Gordon's new book, 'Girl in a Band'

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Empathy for others who really are 'others'