For entrepreneurial founders of locally grown Keke’s – Kevin and Keith Mahen — the restaurant chain’s $82 million sale to Denny’s some 16 years after starting is no doubt a dream come true. And rightfully…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: GOODBYE, iPOD
I was not surprised to hear that, after 20 years, Apple has made a final decision to discontinue the iPod. The original iPod was born Oct. 23, 2001, and revolutionized digital music with the first…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CAR BATTERIES
UCF Professor Jayan Thomas and Ph.D. student Deepak Pandey have found a way of increasing battery life by anywhere from 25% to 35% by converting the outside shell of an automobile or a spacecraft into…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACEX AND SATELLITES
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter might be food for online banter, but it’s SpaceX that is turning heads. Musk first envisioned the concept of reusable rockets to drive down the cost of delivery; he then…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: MACRON
The issue isn’t that France’s President Emmanuel Macron won re-election. It’s that he won easily with 58.5% of the vote. His nemesis, right-wing autocrat Marine Le Pen, lost convincingly, which was not a foregone conclusion….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ORRIN HATCH
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch just passed away at the age of 88. With the GOP facing an identity crisis on the state and federal levels, it is worth pausing to eulogize this classic Republican. In…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AUTOCRATS’ PLAYBOOK
The old Buddhist proverb says that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. That proverb could be no truer than the recent coming-out party for our governor. As the astute Harvard-educated apprentice of the…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: READING MORE INTO IT
From “don’t say gay” to “critical race theory,” in the Alice in Wonderland of today’s modern Florida, things appear to be getting “curiouser and curiouser!” Florida’s Department of Education rejected 42 math books out of…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: A TALIBAN MOMENT
As the reality of the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation disseminates among school boards, it’s increasingly more evident that Florida is facing its Taliban moment. When the Taliban recaptured control of the Afghanistan government, it began…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: KMART’S DEMISE
First, it was Montgomery Ward, then Sears, and now, for fans of Kmart’s Blue Light Specials, the end for the ubiquitous retailer sprawled across America is at hand. As of this week, there are only…