Posts in category Feature Stories

United We Stand, Divided We Fall By Roger McVeigh It has been a rough couple of weeks at Key West City Hall. The culmination has …

The Late Great Shirley Freeman By Rick Boettger A terrible loss for us all, but particularly sad for me.  Of my four great mentors and …

Editorial by Roger McVeigh in Support of the City of Key West Bond Financing Plans The City of Key West Key West Bond Proposal: “Say …

My Nephew and Adele By Joanne Celi Some of you may have experienced catching a baseball at a big league game when you were a …

The Right Way to Turn Left By Rick Boettger The following is a public service announcement, not a kvetch nor a shaming. But an error …

Predicting the Ukraine/US Future By Rick Boettger Pundits like me rarely make predictions because, though so often wrong, they don’t want it explicitly in print. …

Lots of Nice People in Key West By Joanne Celi Every morning, as soon as I get up, I take my dog for a walk …

Thunder Only Happens When It’s Raining By Joanne Celi Last night there was a storm in Key West.  I was out to dinner with my …

Houseguests and Constipation By an anonymous friend of Fred C. Klein Key West winters bring all manner of cold-weather guests.  Some you love, some you …

Ziggyomics By Louis J Celi There are many worrying ques1ons around economics these days. How can we fight infla1on without promp1ng a recession?  Does free …

Studio Visit with Lauren P McAloon By EB (aka Ennid Berger) I was somewhere on Stock Island, having arranged to meet with artist Lauren P …

Dogs and unconditional love What is the definition of unconditional love? Love without strings attached. You don’t base love on what someone does for you …

Diana Nyad, the Movie By Rick Boettger Diana Nyad came back to town, as well-reported by me and the Editor, ten years after her famous …

Fantasy Fest Survives and Thrives By Rick Boettger I decided to put on my Intrepid Reporter hat and go to the war zone of Fantasy …

Diana Nyad, 10 Years Later By Rick Boettger Below is the story I wrote about Diana Nyad’s famous swim, being celebrated this coming Saturday October …

Zelinsky Threatens the West By Rick Boettger The New York Times has finally dared to discuss Ukraine’s war. It is of course one sided, but …

AI is OK By Rick Boettger I have some sad news. GPT 3.5 is not anywhere near smart enough to take over the world. It …

“Senator Tuberville’s Abortion Stand: The Clash of Politics and Personnel Dilemmas in the Pentagon” By John C. Hobbins MD Denver/Key West Senator Tommy Tuberville is …

Tears of an Independent Centrist By Rick Boettger This is a great time to be a mainstream Democrat or Republican, as both sides feel they …

“Russian Invasion” or “Ukrainian War”? By Rick Boettger Roger Kostmayer’s strong defense of what he prefers to call the “Russian Invasion” deserves my best response …