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Nexis Uni – Date Search Limited to 1 Year, No Issue Browsing, and No Obituaries

Posted on June 14, 2023June 14, 2023

I’m a college professor. As a result, I have access to a number of research resources that most people don’t have, including my university’s library, which subscribes to numerous databases…

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Mexican Restaurants in Central Tampa

Posted on December 6, 2021December 15, 2021

My New Year’s resolution for 2021 was to try a new Mexican restaurant (primarily food trucks and small places close to us in Wellswood) each month for all of 2021….

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Unethical Amazon Review Modifications

Posted on January 7, 2020February 12, 2020

I don’t always review products on Amazon. I don’t have the time. But there have been two instances over the past year when I have been contacted by someone because…

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Letter to the Editor: Government of the Corporations, by the Corporations, for the Corporations

Posted on September 28, 2019

While accepting “donations” for tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars from lobbyists, corporations, and special interests may technically be legal for Governor DeSantis, there is no question that is…

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Letter to Stacy White, County Commissioner

Posted on September 5, 2019

Stacy White, Hillsborough County Commissioner, filed a lawsuit that is preventing Hillsborough County from improving its transportation infrastructure based on a ballot measure that was approved by 57% of voters…

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Letter to the Editor: Ashley Moody’s mixed up priorities

Posted on September 5, 2019

I find it more than a little concerning that Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody wants to kill a petition drive to ban assault weapons (Ban Assault Weapons Now) but hasn’t…

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Letter to the Editor – Gun Control Laws

Posted on August 9, 2019

Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a brief with the Florida Supreme Court opposing a state constitutional amendment banning assault weapons on Friday, July 26th. That was two days before a…

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Disingenuous Christian Proselytizing

Posted on April 4, 2018February 12, 2020

I get a lot of emails. I try to answer all of my emails but am increasingly realizing that some of it may not be worthy of a response. For…

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National Youth Leadership Forum (Envision Experience and Envision EMI) – Pricey Summer Camps of Questionable Quality?

Posted on January 20, 2018June 5, 2023

My son was “nominated” by his 3rd-grade science teacher for what both the teacher and we thought might be a nice opportunity – a week-long summer camp that focused on…

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I hate pets!

Posted on April 26, 2011

You know why I hate pets?!?  Because the “owners” of said pets are so often negligent of the animals. Why am I suddenly ranting about pets?  Yesterday a cat climbed…

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