Put some Soul in the Game
It's time. Time to start the new millennium, finally, rather than living like we were still ensnared in the 1950s only without Eisenhower to lead us. The Obamas are about to take the White House, and (like every president elect) Mr. Obama is calling for sacrifice. Or warning that it's inevitable, which are two different things. Full Story
The trillion-dollar standard
At least the word "trillion" still has cachet as denoting a lot of money. "Billion" has been surpassed during the past few months, and "million" has long been positively quaint. The Obama team wants to keep its two-year stimulus plan (just) beneath a trillion dollars, sensing that 13 figures is the price point when the public might balk at the fiscal bacchanal. Full Story
Get up-close look at wildlife rehab at new CROW Education Center
GUEST OPINION
Recently, the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife released a Snowy Egret that was found entangled in some fishing line back to the Egret's home at the Estero Aquatic Preserve. A couple of good Samaritans had brought the bird into the CROW hospital, where Dr. P.J. Full Story
MOMENTS IN TIME
• On Jan. 14, 1870, the first recorded use of a donkey to represent the Democratic Party appears in Harper's Weekly, drawn by political illustrator Thomas Nast. Four years later, Nast originated the use of an elephant to symbolize the Republican Party. Full Story
Edgy
MUSINGS
Just remembering the first time someone called me "edgy" is enough to set my teeth on edge. What was meant? Was the attribution implying an ectomorphic possession of sharp edges? Or did the observer find me an endomorphic mass of largely visceral tension and emotional twang? Full Story
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