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How Did You Get So Involved?

The questions I field, or opt not to (since I was taught in my ripe 20s to ignore stalkers), from the messages sent via my Facebook account...
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Lessons Learned

Once impending fatherhood is leaked publicly, the standard response is, “Your life is going to change.” It’s an abstract statement that carries as much weight as when a...
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Another Bum?

I’m mourning the passing of a friend that I did not know very well, and yet when I reflect upon our conversations, I realize that perhaps we...

MATTHIS: I GOT TESTED AND OTHER COVID-19 OBSERVATIONS

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Let’s call it a growing unease. After an outdoor Thanksgiving at my house with family and friends who haven’t been a regular part of my quarantine bubble...
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IS HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE A BAD IDEA FOR WAIT STAFF?

In the Oct. 1 issue of the Keys Weekly, an article laid out information about five of the six state constitutional amendments on the Florida ballot in...

HOW WILL WE KNOW IF KEYS SCHOOLS HAVE A COVID-19 OUTBREAK?

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Editor's Note: On Sept. 24, the same day this column published in the newspaper, the Monroe County School District sent out an alert. The district reports there...

Revisiting our op-ed and opinion policies

Everyone has an opinion. And you know what they say about opinions — everyone has one (or something like that). Well before the dawn of social media...

Thanks, Dad. Miss you.

What does it mean to be a father?  My friend Ari Poholek asked me this question on the phone after losing his two sons in one day, in...

We need more artificial reefs now – Vandenberg: 11 years of marine life

Fodor’s says “No” to the Florida Keys. I read this headline a while ago, as we all did. I was more than a little concerned by its bluntness...

DARE I SAY IT – MY CORONA CAR

“Is that what you’re driving now?” asked Dave Rodriguez of Superior Electric when he spotted me outside the Marathon Shores post office last week. Yes, that’s what I...

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