JOHN BARTUS: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, USA
247 years ago, our Founding Fathers put their reputations and lives on the line — literally — when they signed the document that in effect charted the...
JOHN BARTUS: HOW A BLINKING SIGNAL IS THE KEY TO HAPPINESS
Alert Keys Disease readers will understand that this column may seem to veer dramatically from one topic to another at times; there almost always remains, however, a...
JOHN BARTUS: COMPLAINTS FROM ACROSS THE POND
I’ve always been partial to good British humor (humour?). I’m especially fond of the Monty Python stuff, particularly Monty Python and the Holy Grail (“Is that an...
JOHN BARTUS: A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANNOYING KEYS CRITTERS
Visitors to our islands (The Fabulous Florida Keys®) often notice that the various types of wildlife that inhabit these coral rocks are different from the species they...
JOHN BARTUS: BAD BEHAVIOR AT CONCERTS
At the risk of sounding like a grump, I’m going to relate a story that, sadly, happens all too often at concerts these days. Before that happens,...
JOHN BARTUS: WHEN SONGWRITERS WIN IN COURT
Unless you’ve been under a rock or completely out of range of any media, you’ve probably heard that international pop star Ed Sheeran was victorious in the...
JOHN BARTUS: LOCAL SINGER-SONGWRITERS CREATE THEIR OWN MUSIC
One of the best parts about living in or visiting the Florida Keys is the ubiquity of live music. Our islands feature a plethora of great local...
JOHN BARTUS: THE BIRD IS THE WORD (IN MUSIC)
Florida Keys Audubon Society executive director (and fellow Keys Weekly columnist) Mark Hedden spoke at a recent Marathon Rotary Club meeting. The topic? Peregrine falcons, their recovery...
JOHN BARTUS: THE BIRD IS THE WORD (IN MUSIC)
Florida Keys Audubon Society executive director (and fellow Keys Weekly columnist) Mark Hedden spoke at a recent Marathon Rotary Club meeting. The topic? Peregrine falcons, their recovery...
LOSE SOME CASH ON SUPER BOWL PROP BETS
At an Arlo Guthrie concert in Key West years ago, Arlo made a comment onstage about the Super Bowl; Philadelphia and New England played that year. Needless...