Guest Opinion | Wednesday, April 25,2007

A family matter

At least one Bybee is an idiot

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Guest Opinion | Thursday, April 12,2007

The last word on ethics

When political appointees cash in, guess who gets hurt?

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document The Tillerman is gone, but more on that subject later. I write stories. Some are published. One reward of publication is meeting new people. Strange peo

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, March 28,2007

The Great American Novel

Sometimes the best editor is the delete key

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document THE$5 MAN Chapter 1, page 1. The Spinster Goode Hatbrow raised pigs instead of children. She . . . Page 102. The man with a

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, March 7,2007

Revised ethics testing

Are you the father of Anna Nicole Smith’s child?

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document The story: A $100,000-a-year state boss, with many Social Security numbers and youthful misdemeanors, tried to force her $70,000-a-year “chauffeur”

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 21,2007

The unforgettable vegetable

The strawberry and the tomato — a cautionary love story

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document He made a get-by living, writing crime stories and science fiction for magazines before the booze killed his promise. He was nearly broke when an editor friend

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 7,2007

Misquoted

Gramps gives the best interview of all time

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document The reporter is one smart dude, and his questions will be hard-hitting — so I hire a public-relations expert to help me spin the answers. Reporter Luke is

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 24,2007

Voice of experience

Sixteen things it took me more than 65 years to learn

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document Before Dave Barry, the Miami Herald columnist, decided that he had enough money and went to live on the Internet, now and then he’d compose a li

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 10,2007

The man who talks to cats

Unfortunately, it’s mostly a one-way conversation

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document When you reach Medicare age, they send you an official paper informing you that you are entitled to one free and complete medical checkup. A friend of mine

Guest Opinion | Thursday, December 28,2006

In the year 2007

One thing's for sure: Dick Cheney's aim will be true

By Doug Bybee

Daylight hardly visits this quick December day. The pin oak out back drops its last leaf; the world hereabouts is quiet after its Christmas rush. You can reach out and touch the end of 2006 — it

Feature | Wednesday, December 20,2006

The better gift

When we meet again, they'll disapprove - but it'll all be OK

By Doug Bybee

CHRISTMAS PAST — The Christmas tree hangs from a hook screwed into the ceiling; the lowest branch is 2 feet off the floor. It’s a different but logical placement; the house is small, the r