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Robin Lumb: The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ Still Has His Blinders On
Last week Warren Buffett, the man acclaimed the Oracle of Omaha and the savant who endorsed Barrack Obama in the 2008, weighed in on the Democrat health care “reform” plan and confirmed once again that he’s incapable of subordinating his progressive impulses to the dictates of common sense. To wit, his statement in a CNBC interview...
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The Florida State and Florida men’s basketball teams are in the NCAA Tournament as No. 9 and 10 seeds, respectively. FSU opens up against No. 8 Gonzaga on Friday in Buffalo. The Gators will play No. 7 Brigham Young Thursday in Oklahoma City. With the potential matchups of No. 1 Syracuse [vs. FSU in the...
No comment / Read More »Rubio’s Mo
Marco Rubio made a major splash in Jacksonville Beach last Wednesday, while Governor Charlie Crist’s events in Jacksonville on Friday reportedly lacked the kind of energy and attendance you might expect of a sitting Governor campaigning for U.S. Senate. And based on two recent polls, Mr. Rubio has a lot to smile about. I was able to...
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Ever since World War II, I’ve been reading and writing headlines, but I look at my newspaper every day and don’t understand more than half of them. Some of the headlines are written more to intrigue potential readers than to inform them. but still, we ought to know what they’re talking about. Here are some...
No comment / Read More »A Ghost that Hovers Over the Icy Track
I’ve been on a luge sled. And I’ve crashed. I’ve felt my jaw vibrate as my helmet dribbled on the ice. Felt my shoulders smack against the walls of a straightaway. Felt the discombobulation of looking down over my feet as I tried desperately to steer, pinballing off the sides, finally separating from the sled and...
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No Vacations for Mary McCormack, Ever
Tom Bergeron’s working his acting chops on the set of “Castle” this week in an episode that, as he puts it, “takes a page out of the whole Conan O’Brien-Jay...
1 comment / Read More »Hanks and Spielburg Go From Europe to ‘The Pacific’
For all the fiction in which the world’s fate hangs in the balance, a real event – the Second World War – may be the most dramatic of all. “World War...
No comment / Read More »Heaton Savors Vantage Point as Mom at ‘The Middle’
Been there. Done that. Won the Emmy. Twice. That was Patricia Heaton’s first reaction when the former “Everybody Loves Raymond” wife was offered the TV mom role on ABC’s “The Middle.” Then she...
No comment / Read More »For Kudrow, Family is First
NEW YORK – Who does Lisa Kudrow’s 11-year-old son, Julian, think she is? He has a tongue-in-cheek name for his mother, who says...
No comment / Read More »Oscars Advertisers Aim to Build Buzz on Twitter, Facebook
The Oscar for the best place to chat about the Academy Awards goes to: social media. For the first time, social media are...
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Seven Weeks Until the Draft, Jaguars Need Defense
The 2010 NFL Draft begins a mere seven weeks from now. Some consider this period – from February until April – the...
1 comment / Read More »Tebow Impresses at Combine, Debate Continues on His Future
At the conclusion of his Feb. 26 NFL scouting combine news conference at Lucas Oil Stadium, Tim Tebow told an estimated 100...
No comment / Read More »7 Suggestions for New Events at the Next Winter Olympics
The Vancouver Olympics are over and it’s time to look ahead to Russia 2014. Considering the record snowfall many of us have had to put up with this year, I...
No comment / Read More »Aaron Kampman: Hope on the Horizon
Hearing the Jacksonville Jaguars added a true defensive end in the eight-year veteran Aaron Kampman on Sunday probably registered a few points-to-the-sky or fist pumps. And, rightfully so. During Kampman’s...
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The Jacksonville Jaguars signed a long-term deal with ex-San Diego Chargers’ wide receiver Kassim Osgood on Saturday, one day after the start of NFL free agency. The 29-year-old Osgood agreed...
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