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Funny money business

In the March issue of Sarasota Magazine, a local business leader spoke about a new campaign to improve the public perception of the business community

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Clinton country

(This was the follow-up column to Blasphemy at the pulpit — ran in April 08.) After finally digging myself out from under the deluge of

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Was Wright so wrong?

Was Wright so wrong? Let’s all just take a moment and untwist our knickers. Despite The Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s dramatic style of rhetoric … despite

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Blasphemy at the pulpit

(Had a request from a reader of my book, Sideways in Sarasota, who wanted to know why this column, originally published in March 08, wasn’t

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Tiny tech talk

R U there? I ♥ U! G2G! TTYL! Somebody, please …GMAB! (Give me a break!) With all the smaller, faster technologies available now, people seem

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Hope’s got my vote

I’m planning to vote for Obama – in part because he’s black. I want a black person to be president of this country. But why?

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A Season for Believing

As published in the Tampa Tribune November 21, 2007. Years ago, late on a Sunday afternoon, I found myself sitting in my favorite café in

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Danger! Troll Crossing

Sarasota County is in desperate need of new signage at major crossroads, especially those near bridges. Don’t believe me? Read on, dear readers, and remember,

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Thankful for what matters

Originally published October 2007. Newspapers – good ones — help foster connections and compassion within a community, and I’m grateful to be a small part

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Out on a limb for love

Another September 11th has come and gone. Six of them now since the first, and we’re still afraid. Maybe even more afraid. Of terrorists, of

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