People ride public transportation and you pay as you go, it's not free. ...more

July 12, 2009

Melinda Roy, a former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, held a free master class attended by 40 students at the Patel Conservatory at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center on March 7. Roy is one of several guest artists whom the conservatory brings to conduct free master classes and workshops. Roy was in town to schedule rehearsals for the Balanchine ballet "Valse-Fantaisie," to be presented in "An American Dream" at the performing arts center May 17, and to stage the ballet with students from the Orlando Ballet School at the Patel Conservatory. ...more

March 25, 2009

President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation's small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street, not just Wall Street. He heaped praise on the little guys of American industry, often overshadowed in the blitz of government bailouts. ...more

March 16, 2009

Considering my chosen profession, it should come as no surprise that I spend a lot of time reading newspapers. I might even spend a little too much time doing so. Lately, it's becoming more and more difficult for me to scan the headlines and the big stories of the day without feeling my blood pressure rise. As each day goes by, it seems like the America I was born into and grew to dearly love is slipping away. ...more

March 4, 2009

Your e-mails and letters were all over the board this week, from the American Dream to emergency rooms to gator movies. ...more

March 3, 2009

It is 3:30 in the morning - every morning - and Isun Maen is stirring. ...more

March 1, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in struggles with management. ...more

January 30, 2009

A number of editorials in major and local newspapers repeat the mantra that the collective "we" caused many of the crises facing us today; that the collective "we" allowed our leaders to be corrupt; that "we" kept putting the same corrupt elected officials in government; that the collective "we" were spend thrifts, using credit cards to buy now and pay later, letting the bills pile up. And what about the credit card corporations? ...more

January 25, 2009

As the inaugural hoopla rolled on the tube, I heard a commentator mention that among the millions gathered in Washington were several members of the Tuskegee Airmen. ...more

January 25, 2009

After all these years, discovering the secret to happiness in life came as something of a surprise. ...more

January 23, 2009