Way back when, say two or three years ago, which is way back when in our big screen and small screen digital world, we had an informal rule for cocktail parties.

It represents a devilish legal question that could end up doing more harm than good to the cause of unfettered beach access.

Should it come about, golfers can expect a different experience at a government-run golf course.

When I was growing up, our family was not rich, nor was it poor. I didn’t always get what I wanted, but I always got what I needed, and for that, I am eternally grateful to my parents, particularly my ...

Should your common area walls have eyes?

Management companies should support external audits

Environmentalists, coastal business and tourism-related enterprises have a formidable ally in the fight against offshore drilling in the Gulf that is not normally associated with wading birds and preserving the pristine. The U.S. military is emerging as a less vocal ...

My novel “Cyberbooks” was science fiction when it was published in 1989. Today it’s coming true. “Cyberbooks” was a satirical look at how the book-publishing industry will inevitably change from printing books on paper to putting them out electronically. My ...

We’ve all heard the phrase “kill the messenger.” In Texas a week ago, it was “steal, hide and heap scorn upon the messenger.”

The annual fundraiser party for Naples’ Neighborhood Health Clinic, which serves the working poor and eases the load on hospital emergency rooms, is always a big deal. This year the event featured a very special guest, astronaut Jim Lovell of ...

Brent Batten's column for Sunday, march 7, 2009

“At first we thought it was just a little tremor,” said Rebecca Fleming. She was in a hotel room in Santiago, Chile’s capital, at 3:30 a.m., having flown there earlier that day in her role as a Delta Air Lines ...

The number of people who contest red light camera tickets has been dropping, from a high of about 80 a few months ago to 44 on Monday’s docket. But the hearings still provide a compelling look into the workings of ...

The 49 roosters seized in the February cockfighting case were euthanized, said Camden Smith, spokeswoman for the Collier County Public Services Division, which includes Domestic Animal Services.

I had my first column a couple of weeks ago. It was online before appearing in the print edition. I read it with great pride and a smile on my face. Then I read the comment posted afterwards. Pride sucker ...