Bob Gabordi's blog from Pakistan: Intersection of children, politics can...
As our bus moves through the streets of Pakistan, the faces of children flash by. When we stop and meet them, my heart simply wants to break. Occasionally, we will get the chance to stop and talk. I......
View ArticleA night for foot-stomping and pageantry at border with India
It is a short bus ride to Wagah, a village on the border with India, from our hotel in Lahore, a road that is easily traveled until it suddenly ends with barricades and police checkpoints.On the......
View ArticleLeaving Lahore with tough questions
It was our last stop in Lahore and we were already exhausted from another gruelingly long day of inquiry and debate in Pakistan. In a couple hours, we would board another plane for another city,......
View ArticleKarachi is a pearl waiting to be rediscovered
Karachi is at once New York and Miami. It is the business and economic center of Pakistan, and its residents take great pride in its cultural offerings, though they acknowledge Lahore’s... bgabordi
View ArticleSleeping on the run in Pakistan
Caption: My colleague Joe Little, a reporter for the ABC affiliate in San Diego, Calif., catches some sleep on a luggage cart upon our arrival in Karachi while awaiting our... bgabordi
View ArticleAfghan Refugee Camp
Caption: These two little boys, the children of Afghan refugees from the 1980s war, are growing up in a village behind The Citizens Foundation School, which is building 1,000 private schools in poor......
View ArticleFinal blog: Pakistan is our ally, but not quite our friend
I am almost home, looking down on the lights of Charlotte, N.C., from the airplane as I write this last blog from my journey to Pakistan on an exchange program sponsored by the International Center......
View ArticleFree pizza and get your questions answered about Our Town
Got questions?Of course you do. These days, everyone has questions or comments for their city and county commissioners. There is a lot to talk about. That’s really all this forum from 5:30 p.m.......
View ArticleTwo old baseball guys remembering Gary Carter
My friend Mike Beasley texted me Thursday night to let me know that he was available, if I wanted to talk about Gary Carter, who died earlier that day at 57. “Yes, I do,” I replied, and... bgabordi
View ArticleDespite loss to Duke, multimedia coverage breaks new ground
Here is what we learned Thursday: Duke, playing at its very best and knocking down three-pointers from just this side of Durham, can beat our team in a scratch-and-claw struggle when our guys miss......
View ArticleGiving, caring, volunteering — the real Tallahassee culture
When I read and see stories about the Jameis Winston investigation in out-of-town media and on social media that describe our community as depraved by a “corrupted football culture,” I simply... bgabordi
View ArticleTurkey Trot a source of inspiration for this Mover
Just a few minutes after I finished running the 2013 Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K, I saw Sue Dick, president and CEO of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, talking with executive vice... bgabordi
View ArticleA welcome message to my grandson
Dear Cole Robert Payton, I wrote this for you on Dec. 4, 2013, the day you were born, my first grandchild. I hope you won’t mind that I’ve shared it with our readers. Know that I was completely......
View ArticleJameis Winston photo: story of the game, season
From the moment he walked onto the field in Florida State’s annual spring game, Jameis Winston has been the story. He threw for 205 yards on 12 for 15 passing and shared time with three other... bgabordi
View ArticleGot team spirit? Go Garnet & Gold on Jan. 3
Got team spirit? Get ready to show it. Chances at national championships in football come around these parts more often than most, but they are still rare enough. The last time Florida State played......
View ArticleHelp us select our Person of the Year
It was not without controversy – from start to finish to months after that. But the Tallahassee Democrat’s first Person of the Year Award accomplished what it set out to do: bring attention to...
View ArticleWishing you joy and peace, regardless of what government thinks
Sometimes I picture George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and the boys sitting around a smoky room, drinking Madeira wine and sharing a few laughs over what they did in creating in the......
View ArticleMission accomplished, new mission coming up
It was far from my best run, if you consider the times on splits and calories burned. But I will think about it – and specifically the 3.2-mile mark – for a long while. On the day after Christmas,...
View ArticleBig plans for the biggest of big games
This is, of course, big. The BCS National Championship game Jan. 6 will be the focus of the sports nation and for the first time in 10 years, Florida State will be playing for a national... bgabordi
View ArticleGators will cheer for the ‘Noles, right?
In retrospect, it was a blog I probably could’ve done without writing. It was early 2009, two days before Florida was to play Oklahoma for the BCS national championship of the 2008 season. I had...
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