Never, ever, ever, watching the Oscars telecast again:
- My buddy Howard has a new blog.
- Today's Best Read: The Trib's and Times' conflicting interests with the Devil Rays.
- Mr. G doesn't like art in public places.
- Former sptimes'er Anne Hull wins ASNE's Batten Medal for "her five stories [that] eloquently explored the subtle effects of the Iraq War on a range of Americans." Local dailies go 0-fer.
- Best profile yet of incoming Republican House Speaker Marco Rubio. And then he goes all trickle-down on us about the new tax reform proposal. And then he goes off on Gov. Crist's property tax proposal.
- Lefty blogger Jerome Armstrong goes wah waaaah wahhhhhhhh.
- Why can't Florida pass legislation like this?
This article appears in Feb 21-27, 2007.