Tell Me About It: Couple's faux pas causes rift in the family

Q: Two weeks ago, my sister and brother-in-law said some horrible things about childless people — apparently forgetting that my husband and I, who have no children, were in the same room.

Editorial: Pier selection committee can't bow to public pressure

St. Petersburg resumes its seven-year struggle to create a new pier Thursday when a selection committee takes its second crack at ranking three proposals. The volunteer committee has performed a valuable public service, and it should not be steamrolled by social media campaigns or public comment organized by two of the …

For this year's musical in the park, American Stage goes 'In the Heights'

Who better to tell the story of Latino struggles in rapidly gentrifying New York City than a group of Latinos currently living and working in the Big Apple?

Editorial: Light versus darkness in Florida Legislature

The difference between right and wrong in the Florida Legislature is as obvious as light and darkness. Senators met in the sunshine Tuesday to discuss the considerable benefits of accepting federal Medicaid expansion money and revamping payments to hospitals for treating the uninsured. House Republicans met in secret …

Thursday's letters: The makers and the takers

Medicaid expansion

Country split into makers, takers

How many articles and letters are you going to run about the evil Republicans resisting federal money to expand Medicaid without mentioning the strings attached? Accepting the money puts Florida taxpayers on the hook for future funding at …