It was very rewarding to read in the Jan.16 issue of Highlands Today, the guest column titled, "The Great Emancipator," by Leonard Pitts. He details facts relatively unknown by many United States citizens of all races. ...more

January 19, 2009

Inaugurations that loom large in history are seen differently at the time. ...more

January 18, 2009

Loony. Retarded. Goofy. Touched. All words that reflect historical attitudes toward the mentally ill. ...more

January 18, 2009

I have this shirt. It's pink and black and festooned with flamingos. I bought it in Key West. I wear it as often as I go to Key West, which is infrequently. Thin line between fashionably whimsical and, well, cheesy. ...more

January 14, 2009

I have this shirt. It's pink and black and festooned with flamingos. I bought it in Key West. I wear it as often as I go to Key West, which is infrequently. Thin line between fashionably whimsical and, well, cheesy. ...more

January 14, 2009

How sour is the public mood? An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found about half of people believe 2008 was one of the worst years in American history. At times, Abraham Lincoln's lament has seemed apt, "We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read." ...more

January 3, 2009

Martin Van Buren was the first President who was not born a British subject. Woodrow Wilson's inauguration March 4, 1917 and March 5, 1917 was the first that women participated in the inaugural parade. ...more

January 2, 2009

A presidential inauguration isn't all that Washington has to offer this month to make your visit especially memorable. ...more

January 2, 2009

Pinellas County Circuit Judge Thane B. Covert began New Year's Day listening to the sad, strange and sometimes moving stories of 88 men and women who are among the county's first offenders of 2009. ...more

January 2, 2009

They sat in rapt attention and listened to the powerful words. "... I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States ... are, and henceforward shall be free; ..." ...more

January 2, 2009