The whole thing started as a joke on Twitter.

After reading a piece right here on the Huffington Post about two film directors who made a pact to start a fake Twitter feud-- hey, nothing better for publicity! -- I proposed the idea to a friendly Jacksonville rival,...

When you Google the origins of the surname Paterno, you learn it referred not only to the makers of rosaries and beads, but was also a status name to imply "father figure."

Sadly, it's a short leap from Paterno to patriarchy, strictly defined as a social organization marked by...

On Friday morning as I was driving to work, listening to the always outstanding and insightful NPR program Morning Edition, a short report aired that is emblematic of why this country must continue to embrace and support a vibrant public media.

The piece, reported by Media Correspondent David...

There's a small but incredibly telling scene in the new film Secretariat that has women of a certain age chuckling, somewhat ruefully, about how things used to be. Diane Lane, portraying the housewife-turned-sportswoman Penny Chenery, is trying to resuscitate her father's moribund horse farm and so, being savvy,...

The day before Florida's primary election, a rock-ribbed Republican friend of mine here in Jacksonville sent me a Twitter message.

"What's your feel, McCollum or Scott?"

"McCollum +4 pts," I replied.

As they say on Twitter, #epicfail.

The Rick Scott upset here in Florida over Attorney General Bill...

Ari Gold is on a mission. As all Entourage fans know, the super-agent portrayed so winningly by Jeremy Piven is this close to a deal that would bring an NFL franchise to Los Angeles -- and would feature real-life players Casey Wasserman and Jeffrey Katzenberg as part of...

So LeBron is leaving tire tracks on I-77 as he leaves the city we used to call "The Mistake By the Lake," and heading for the decidedly more glamorous confines of South Beach. That's all well and good, and I wish him, and the Heat, nothing but the...

Florida is famous for its abundant sunshine. Yet the state's small solar businesses are expecting cloudy skies this summer. The Florida Legislature, citing another tough budget cycle, has failed to renew a state rebate program which provided incentives for solar providers working to sell renewable energy to Florida customers.

It...

Buried beneath the recent avalanche of coverage about the oil spill, the Al-Tipper split, Helen Thomas, and other news of note is a little-remarked-upon issue that has more profound long-term implications for this country's health and prosperity than health care reform, banking reform, or any other reform. It's this: