Deported Migrants Are Left in Limbo
NOGALES, Sonora – Deportees arrive here each day by the hundreds, desperate and destitute, escorted off buses by U.S. immigration agents and marched across the border into Mexico. Some limp along in bedraggled clothing, their feet blistered and flesh torn by cactuses and thorns, their soiled faces downcast in defeat and shame. These are the [...]
Sad News: Jim King Moved to Hospice
We received news today that Senator Jim King has been moved to hospice. While I have no inside information about this development, usually a move to hospice is not a good thing. I’ve thought a lot about Senator King in the last few months. He was among the first politicians I met when I came [...]
Small Businesses Still Struggle to Get Credit
The big squeeze on small-business financing continues, despite the overall loosening of U.S. Small Business Administration-backed loans in recent months, two new studies show. Nearly four in 10 small-business owners polled in the past few weeks said they are not able to get the financing they need to run their firms, according to a study [...]
Parking Fines Easy Cash for Local Governments
Municipalities across the USA are turning to more aggressive parking enforcement and higher parking fines to shore up declining revenue. “Cities are looking for as many avenues as they can to alleviate these budget shortfalls,” says Martin Stein, president of the National Parking Association, which represents more than 1,200 companies and municipalities. Justin McNaull, AAA [...]
School Prayer Bill Returns
A bill authorizing prayer in public schools has been filed for consideration in next year’s legislative session, despite its consistent defeat in past years. Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, this week filed HB 31, released from bill drafting on Wednesday, that would allow school boards to permit prayer at a non-mandatory school event, such as an [...]
Trouble With Suit Cuts Spacewalk Short
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A spacewalk aimed at swapping out batteries at the International Space Station was cut short Wednesday when NASA flight surgeons spotted elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the spacesuit of one of the astronauts. Endeavour mission specialists Dave Wolf and Chris Cassidy were only able to install two of four batteries [...]
Michael O’Neal: PGA Tour Hopeful
Jacksonville native Michael O’Neal, a 2004 Bishop Kenny High School graduate and local golf talent, hopes to one day gain PGA Tour status. While the road may be long and sometimes rocky, O’Neal is grinding away on the golf course to make his PGA dream come true. Currently, the 23-year-old, 2008 University of North Florida [...]
Panera Bakes a Recipe for Success
The worst recession in a generation has brought most of the restaurant industry to its knees. That may leave Panera Bread CEO Ron Shaich the last man standing. The restaurant industry suffered its worst quarterly decline in customer traffic in 28 years in the second quarter, reports researcher NPD Group. But Panera quarterly results, due [...]
Nothing Nice About ‘Ugly Truth’
Men are simple, wanting uncomplicated things like sex without commitment, “incapable of growth, change or progress.” So goes the mantra of Mike, the Cro-Magnon like host of a cable-access show played by Gerard Butler in “The Ugly Truth.” An ironic role for a guy who got famous for being ripped and running around causing mayhem [...]
Vick’s Fate in Hands of NFL Commissioner
So Michael Vick is a free man again, having been restored his unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of a quarterback’s job. What next? The thinking here is he probably merits one more year of sanctions, for wanton cruelty, but I could be talked into ending his suspension now. He’s been gone two [...]
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