From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change. ...more

March 29, 2009

When Barack Obama feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium tonight, he should deliver a message of sufficient particularity that it seems particularly suited to Americans. One more inspirational oration, one general enough to please Berliners or even his fellow "citizens of the world," will confirm Pascal's point that "continuous eloquence wearies." That is so because it is not really eloquent. If it is continuous, it is necessarily formulaic and abstract, vague enough for any time and place, hence truly apposite for none. ...more

August 28, 2008

EDITOR'S NOTE: This occasional series spotlights local school principals. This week's column features Susan Raburn, principal of Lincoln Elementary Magnet School for International Studies, 1207 E. Renfro St. The school's telephone number is (813) 757-9329. ...more

November 14, 2007