Key West Lou   SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL…..A FRAUD   By Louis Petrone Amazing how the truth can blow one’s mind! The year 1925. The place …

Happy Heart Attack   By Rick Boettger   Flying home to Key West last month, my wife Cynthia was so fuzzy and shaky I had …

This Time All Dressed Up For The Evening!   By Kerry Shelby   I know that I just recently wrote about Florida lobster, but with …

The Key West Pub   By Diane Johnson Home of the best sliders in town, the Key West Pub is my new home away from …

Letter to the Editor Politics, Jobs and the School District Larry Murray   Mr. Highsmith:   In Wednesday’s edition of the Keynoter, you were interviewed …

BACKROOM BRIEFING: SCOTT KEEPS DISTANCE FROM GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT By DARA KAM AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 4, …

Skip Bradeen marks 50 years as a Keys charter captain SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Captain Skip Bradeen is in the cockpit of his beloved Blue …

LOCAL OBSERVATION Pass It On BY CHRISTINA OXENBERG 1000 years ago, as I was sorting through my first divorce, (second happiest day of my life), …

CULTURE VULTURE History one apparently never learns at school, Part V The Abortion Wars BY C.S. GILBERT Nobody, but nobody in their right mind can …

Howelings Tinsel Town Takes on Stony Man BY MARK HOWELL Most people simply don’t believe it when they hear that Harlequin Books, the publishers and …

Nyad honored on anniversary of triumph   By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   A grateful city and county embraced a grateful hero and …

Homelessness   By Susan Mitchell   On the day Mona Lisa Helms was born, she was named after the famous Da Vinci painting because her …

Something Stinks In Ferguson   By Louis Petrone   Something stinks in Denmark as the saying goes. The same smell has engulfed Ferguson, Missouri. The …

Calvary   By Ian Brockway   Taking a sinister cue from his brother, the playwright Martin McDonagh, director John Michael McDonagh steers this tense and …

Biking the Boulevard   By Rick Boettger   Yesterday I followed the advice of FDOT to ride my bicycle in the right traffic lane of …

PHOTO/ Lilly Eppler, who turns 2 on Sept. 6, holds scarves waved about to illustrate rhythm. Music Together in the Keys uses props, games and …

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Recipe for Corruption To The Editor: How do you create a delicious dish, served to special interests?  Start with a …

Next Astronauts? Your Own Kids! SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Launching a campaign for his debut non-fiction space careers book, “The Astronaut Instruction Manual for Pre-Teens”, on …

Key West Kitchen Homemade Pizza – Easy as Pie! BY KERRY SHELBY Often we fall under the spell of believing that some foods are only …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman  HOSTING 101 Dear Short Answers: If you are having a party and you know for certain that …