The heroes of our presidential elections aren't the candidates, although today's campaigns do rival the epic quest of Odysseus. ...more

February 17, 2008

If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters never again will have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House. ...more

February 16, 2008

Al Gore advised Wall Street leaders and institutional investors Thursday to ditch businesses too reliant on carbon-intensive energy - or prepare for huge losses down the road. ...more

February 15, 2008

The nation's economic doldrums may be taking a toll on the gift-giving industry, but flower-toting romantics continue to pull out their wallets come Valentine's Day. ...more

February 12, 2008

The Super Tuesday presidential primaries top off an unexpectedly thrilling and profitable month for television news with a supermystery. ...more

February 5, 2008

Regarding "Bay Area Tops For Lead Foot" (front page, Feb. 1): I have been driving for over 50 years on this country's highways and byways. I had never seen, nor been closely involved in, an accident or multiple-vehicle pileup until a year ago at the intersection of Interstate 75 and Fowler Avenue. How I missed not getting involved in it is beyond me. ...more

February 4, 2008

Former President Carter, leading a meeting of thousands of Baptists across racial and theological lines, said Friday he hopes the gathering will help persuade conservative Southern Baptists and other Christians to end divisions over the Bible and politics. ...more

February 2, 2008

The CBS program "60 Minutes" aired the "Age of Warming." It was an attempt to scare everyone into the global warming camp. I believe there is more theory than fact in the presentation. They should have given equal time to those scientists who disagree with the theory they presented. CBS also went out of their way to blame the administration for editing some of the reports. The reporter even said he could hear the ice melting. What he heard was water running. I don't believe you can hear ice melting. You can hear water hit something solid when dripping. ...more

January 26, 2008

It seems ironic that the political party that claimed to want every Florida vote to count in 2000 now thinks Florida voters no longer matter. In the hectic days following the 2000 election, Democrats were so desperate for votes in Florida they were arguing that under-votes ballots with no presidential candidate selected should be counted as a vote for Al Gore. ...more

January 20, 2008

With Florida's presidential primary slated for Jan. 29, the truth that all politics are local is coming to Tampa and with repercussions global and historic in scope. ...more

January 16, 2008