OPINION: CRUISE SHIPS – AN UNCOMPROMISING SITUATION
It is an old political truism that the best, long-lasting solutions to a contentious problem come from a compromise between adversarial parties. But there...
OPINION: COUNTY SHOULD SUPPORT ASSISTED CARE
Dear Editor:
The Monroe County Commission indicates it may no longer support assisted care.
I get the feeling that after over 60 years the Monroe County...
IN THEIR WORDS: LAVARSKI SMITH TAKES HELM OF COCA-COLA IN THE KEYS
Effective Saturday, July 3, Lavarski Smith will be the newly minted director of Coca-Cola in the Florida Keys. He’s a homegrown, true-blood, Middle Keys...
OPINION: A RETURN TO CRUISES & SMOOTH SAILINGS
Dear Editor:
Now that the legislation superseding the city-imposed restrictions on cruise ship traffic into Key West is reality, what should the community do? To...
KEY WEST SHELTER CAT MAKES OUR HOME HERS
Our new roommate sleeps in a wastepaper basket (after she knocks it over to empty it).
She follows us into the kitchen. On every trip...
WILD THINGS: THE AFTERNOON THAT HASN’T ENDED
It was mid June, hot as Hades and I was on the sidewalk outside of Harpoon Harry’s after lunch.
This was three years ago.
The heat...
OPINION: ‘LOVE’ ISN’T A STRONG ENOUGH WORD FOR MOMS
‘Love’ isn’t strong enough.
Our language is woefully inadequate. How can the word that describes our affection for, say, a favorite sweatshirt, be the...
OPINION: OXITEC EMPLOYS ‘PERSUASION BY DECEPTION’
It is astonishing how average people could subject others to risky experiments not of their choice, under the false pretense of "science."
Oxitec/Mosquito Control are...
A tribute to tribute bands
The current situation surrounding the pandemic has caused many folks to get creative in how they go about their business. Conch Records founder and...
OPINION: OXITEC MOSQUITO PROJECT REFLECTS PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
10 years after the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) first invited Oxitec to the Keys, and in efforts to find effective methods for...
