Editor’s Desk 6.1.17
For most of us, it’s been the year of our discontent: a slack-jawed reckoning with a grief that stretches city and countywide, a mourning that, for 12 months, confounded and consumed the entire world....
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“Shame! Shame! Shame!” So went the missive in unison as thousands marched by the White House on Sunday morning, many having traveled from all over the nation and the world to participate in the...
View Article6.29.17 Editor’s Desk
Amid all of the hue and cry about the transformative nature of St. Pete Pride over the weekend – it was all going to be about moving the parade route; it would be new shoes to bear the 15 years upon...
View Article12.13.2018 Central Florida Bureau Chief’s Desk
It’s here! That magical time of the year, kiddos—where the holidays are upon us and most people have a little more pep in their step and cheer in their voice. It’s also that time of year when everyone...
View Article07.23.20 Editor’s Desk
It started with a scratchy throat. I didn’t feel sick, and I had just read a story about how the Giant Sahara Dust Cloud was in Florida and I’ve been extra careful about social distancing and wearing a...
View Article08.20.20 Editor’s Desk
It has been about six weeks since my dad passed away. It’s a weird sentence to write and an even weirder feeling to have. He passed away on July 7 at home with family around him. I wasn’t there because...
View Article09.17.20 Editor’s Desk
I was working at a tennis club in Palm Coast, Florida back in the summer of 1998. It was a simple job that required me to do minor custodial jobs like empty trash cans, sweep floors and refill the...
View Article10.15.20 Editor’s Desk
I wasn’t close friends with Sam Singhaus. Like many people in Central Florida, I mostly knew Sam as Miss Sammy, the iconic drag queen who was the go-to hostess of many community events including...
View Article11.12.20 Editor’s Desk
2020 has been a roller coaster of a year and this past few weeks have been a dozen loop-de-loops in a row as we head into its final, holiday stretch. Parliament House, the oldest and longest running...
View Article12.10.20 Editor’s Desk
December has always been my favorite time of the year. Even with the end of the school year and my birthday both happening in June, this month was the one I looked forward to most when I was growing up...
View Article1.21.2021 Editor’s Desk
2021 was supposed to be better than 2020, wasn’t it? I saw all the memes, magazine covers and TikToks talking about how we were leaving the hell of last year behind us and moving into a better year...
View Article02.18.21 Editor’s Desk
I have heard the phrase “cancel culture” used in the past, but its usage seems to have increased over the last several months — particularly among Trump-supporting Republicans. Former President Donald...
View Article03.18.21 Editor’s Desk
Since the first time I sat in front of a TV set as a kid, I have been obsessed. I would watch anything — cartoons, sitcoms, dramas, news, movies, game shows, music videos, infomercials. If it was...
View Article04.15.21 Editor’s Desk
This pandemic has pushed on for more than a year now and it has taken a lot from people. However, as the vaccine rollout is moving more efficiently now and we see that light at the end of the tunnel...
View Article05.13.21 Editor’s Desk
After the hell of last year and the chaos of earlier this year, it is nice to be able to get back to doing some of the normal things we use to do and be able to relax that the world isn’t ending. Most...
View Article06.10.21 Editor’s Desk
Growing up, June was the time of year I looked forward to the most. The excitement of the school year ending paired with my birth month was enough to make any kid burst with anticipation. The last day...
View Article07.08.21 Editor’s Desk
There are two things that I’m terrible at — pronouncing people’s names, no matter how simple they may be to say, and remembering how long ago things in my life happened. The latter of which I’m certain...
View Article08.05.21 Editor’s Desk
We were so close. Vaccines are available and free to the public, and we have an administration in The White House that started taking this pandemic seriously as they listen to the science and the...
View Article09.02.21 Editor’s Desk
It’s been over four years since I’ve gone “home,” which is what I instinctively call Ohio even after more than a decade of living in Florida. If you ask my mother it’s been a few lifetimes, though, so...
View Article09.02.21 Editor’s Desk
I cannot believe that it has been 20 years since the 9/11 tragedy. While it was two decades ago, I can still remember the day in my head with such vivid detail that it could easily have been last week....
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