As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.

It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

and in the meantime don't jump to conclusions.

Disney is just Disney. It's a company that's very good at what it does - controlling and promoting an image - until something happens that it can't control or cover up.

Sunset on the water ought to be a quiet and easy time, but I guess some people can't stand a little silence.

I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish.