Associated PressDecember 24, 2019
6min247
Operation NORAD Tracks Santa has evolved from a misdirected telephone call in 1955.
Tag: Santa ClausNatasha Ducre surveys the kitchen of her devastated home, which lost most of its roof during the passage of Hurricane Milton on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Ducre, her husband, three children and two grandkids rode out the storm in a government shelter and returned to find their home unlivable and much of their furniture and belongings destroyed by rainwater. Image via AP/Rebecca Blackwell.
Associated PressDecember 24, 2019
Blake DowlingNovember 3, 2018
8min272
So far in the 2018 election cycle, we have seen record early and mail voting, as well as the usual mudslinging. For about a month, my mailbox has been stuffed (like me at Thanksgiving) with flyers and mailers. In fact, one really ridiculous one arrived in regard to a local race; a guy who runs […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 3, 20167min181
The year 2015 is over and there’s been a variety of boring lists or designations put out there highlighting the best and the worst of people, songs, photos, recipes, books and the greatest and most dramatic events of the year. For example, Time Magazine named Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel its “Person of the Year Do […]
Peter SchorschDecember 25, 2015
6min181
Americans are becoming less and less concerned about the “War on Christmas,” a new survey from Public Policy Polling finds. In 2012, PPP found 47 percent of voters nationally believed that such a thing existed to only 40 percent who didn’t. Now just 37 percent of voters believe in the War on Christmas to 42 […]
Drew WilsonDecember 21, 2015
4min285
Much like Santa Claus, Americans for Prosperity Florida will be checking its “naughty list” this Christmas. And if the conservative group gets its way, lawmakers shouldn’t expect too much quiet time during their break before the Legislature convenes next month. “Typically, lawmakers think they can escape the pressures of calls from their constituents to do […]
Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2015
5min271
Of all the presidential candidates Americans think Donald Trump would make the best Santa Claus. That’s according to a semi-scientific poll that, for some reason, asked participants which presidential hopeful would make the best Good Ole St. Nick. Trump commanded the poll with 23 percent of people indicating he’d make the best Santa. Nevermind Trump […]
Guest AuthorOctober 22, 20158min220
I remember when Sundays were about jazz, yoga and mimosas. Long walks and picnics in the park. A day to relax and reconnect with loved ones. Then my kids started high school. Now Sundays are a variety of things, none of them peaceful. Projects suddenly due the next day so we have to haul ass […]