Our digest and commentary on today's Florida political news and punditry follows. Charlie goes with a Dem Justice ... wingers furious "Crist made a Central Florida circuit judge the Florida Supreme Court's fourth-ever black justice on Wednesday, disappointing conservatives seeking to tilt th...

I’ve spent a lot of time out at the Lighthouse property lately. Things are still progressing but since letting the family go that was caring and guarding the property, we have had to take on that responsibility. It is quite time consuming, separating the family, eating up more resources, but needf...

Mel and I went for a walk yesterday. I wanted a croissant and a cup of cocoa, but I also wanted to buy a new mop. I've looked at the supermarkets and haven't found a suitable mop. All the supermarkets seem to have are very expensive mops with sponge-type heads instead of the fat yarn heads. I have a...

Younger, Cell Phone-Only Households Listen to Lots More Radio: Nielsen Media Buyer Planner, MD“The findings from the Nielsen pilot underscore the urgent need to include cell-phone-only homes in radio ratings.â€� Clear Channel president and CEO John Hogan made a dig at Arbitron, Nielsen’s co...

Editor's note: This article will appear in Wired magazine's April issue, on sale March 24, 2009. It is being published online now because the subject of the story, Leonardo Notarbartolo, was released from prison in Belgium this week. Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room traili...

There you see Sarah receiving her first belt at her taekwondo class. The final part of her belt test involved kicking through a board. I expected it to be some kind of styrofoam or balsa or something–she’s only four years old after all. But no, it was a pine plank, and a decently thick o...

Just a few days ago I bought a suit Sean Penn wore during his Academy Award winning performance in MILK. For the highest bid to two charities (Variety, The Children's Charity of Southern California and New York's Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of Harvey Milk High School), I won the coveted clothing ...

The out of competition films have been announced for the Tribeca Film Festival and the movie selections feature Tribeca debuts from Sundance alums like  Steven Soderbergh, Raymond De Filleta and  Melissa Leo. Tribeca is starting to appear more like Sundance after Geoffrey Gilmore left the film fes...

DBI (affectionally called the Douche Bag Index) is a number that rates your followers according to how they use Twitter. DBI ranges from 0 to 100 and higher numbers represent people who are more likely to be annoying twitter users.......

Even Catholic schools are feeling the pinch in these troubled economic times, and one Chicago Heights high school is playing hardball in order to pay the bills. Marian Catholic High School yanked 300 students out of their classrooms on Monday because their parents owed between $750 and $5,000 in tui...