“To be the Northeast Florida leader in providing effective, coordinated and integrated multimodal transportation solutions.” Mission Statement, JTA I had a great job when I lived out west in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Traveling between Denver, my home...

A Week After The Election, Philadelphia Republicans are Still Waiting for Results “It’s not the voting that’s democracy,” wrote celebrated British playwright Tom Stoppard, “it’s the counting.” Long known for his literary acrobatics, Stoppard’s...

You may have noticed that the Jacksonville Observer‘s website has a significant new look. That’s because we have, for now, suspended publication of our monthly print magazine. In addition, we are dropping all syndicated and national content...

Not since Nikita Khrushchev berated Dwight Eisenhower over Gary Powers’ U-2 spy flight over Russia only weeks earlier has an American president been subjected to a dressing down like the one Barack Obama received from Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. With...

Dear Carrie: I just graduated from nursing school and am carrying several student loans — both federal and private. I don’t have to start repaying them for a few months, but I haven’t landed a job yet. I’m starting to worry how I’ll...

In 1918, the United States proved militarily decisive in the defeat of the Kaiser’s Germany and emerged as first power on earth. World War II, ending in 1945, produced two truly victorious nations, the Soviet Union of Joseph Stalin and the America...

In the 1980s, the pre-Blair leftist Labor Party issued its campaign manifesto to oppose Thatcher’s Conservatives in the coming national election. Its loony, leftist proposals were so extreme that the Tory media promptly dubbed it “the longest suicide...

As a history buff, I feel proud. I think. You see, I’ve had good fortune to have lived in St. Louis, the city where Ulysses S. Grant spent a good amount of his life, but not the glamorous part. In fact, a more mundane period. Still, I’ve walked...

As “Celebrity Apprentice” finalist John Rich has been making the promotional rounds this week — for his new six-pack albums, “Rich Rocks” and “For the Kids” — he’s been asked a lot about his feelings regarding...

Guest editorial by Diane Melendez While on Facebook a few days back, the live messaging box popped up on my computer screen, it was Austin Cassidy. I clicked on the link and saw the short query he had sent to me. It made me smile. “Diane, you and...