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16January

What’s All The *!%&)# Swearing About?

Until I was inducted into the Army I rarely heard anyone swear. Not in my family. Not at the schools...

09January

The stunningly successful snatch and grab of Venezuelan “President” Nicolas Maduro is as much a pie in the face to...

02January

Fernandina’s top cop, Police Chief Jeffery Tambasco, took his unintended stand-up comedy routine public and attracted the attention of local...

19December

Do folks living in Florida know how fortunate they are?

Recent Comments

January 18, 2026 at 3:17 pm

Dave, Good column. I also liked your last newspaper column. It included some of the…

January 17, 2026 at 11:06 am

Complaining about profanity these days is like complaining about how much you miss Benny Goodman,…

January 16, 2026 at 5:14 pm

Awesome column, Dave. LOL Even language evolves. Dave, the nasty language may have started in…

January 16, 2026 at 3:13 pm

Sorry, Dave, do not touch our Minnesota Vikings name; they are by far more aggressive............…

January 16, 2026 at 3:06 pm

One of Dave Scott's all-time great columns. Garbage mouths only demonstrate their lack of vocabulary.…

January 16, 2026 at 1:26 pm

Vis-à-vis the degradation of the quality of speech, to me, it’s not the cussing that…

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