New local radio host, Sherman L. Baldwin, has invited me to return to his program today — Talk Sarasota — 1280 AM on the radio dial (WTMY), or streaming to your computer at www.talksarasota.com (though I have noticed the streaming seems spotty).

Callers are welcome — and I hope people call in! The show runs from 3 to 6 pm, but I’ll only be on from 5:05 to roughly 6 pm — that’s today — the studio line is 954.1280.

Topics are going to be (though you never know if we’ll stick with them):

Tom Lyons 8/3 column on a local racial crime – I was there on the street the night the shooting took place and have a few thoughts on the sentence that was handed down.

My campaign to free the rays at Tropicana Field.

The loss of the Winn Dixie near the Bayou Oaks neighborhood, and on the edge of Newtown. The loss of the Winn-Dixie

Call in and give your opinion about these topics or anything else burning up your brain waves!