The Department of Community Affairs and the Department of state were invited to the Sunset Review Committee to answer questions, according to State Rep. Denise Grimsley. ...more

March 28, 2009

It's Motown night on "American Idol" and we can only imagine what Adam Lambert will do if he tries to channel Diana Ross. ...more

March 25, 2009

NBC, home of "The Biggest Loser," switches gears from dieting to eating at 8 tonight with "The Chopping Block," a chef competition that combines elements of Fox's "Hell's Kitchen" and "Kitchen Nightmares" with Bravo's "Top Chef." ...more

March 11, 2009

Marco Pierre White is a heavyweight. Anthony Bourdain once called him "the original rock-star chef, the guy who all of us wanted to be." Writer Bill Buford, author of the book "Heat," described him as "the most influential chef since the invention of fish and chips." He was top chef before "Top Chef" was "Top Chef." (Did that make sense? You get my drift.) ...more

March 6, 2009

The Issue: Cutting $25 million from this year's school budget. Our Opinion: Tough decisions, strong leadership needed. ...more

February 22, 2009

Two fitness experts at Lifestyle Family Fitness, 623 Oakfield Drive, recently launched an innovative program designed to boost business while raising money for local charities. ...more

January 21, 2009

K-12 education lost $466 million. County health departments lost $7.7 million. Pasco County kept $5 million for new businesses. ...more

January 15, 2009

With the state confronting at least a $2.3 billion budget shortfall, little is being spared lawmakers' ax. In the ongoing special session in Tallahassee, legislators have targeted programs serving the elderly, schoolchildren, the disabled and hospital patients. Environmental protections, higher education and many other efforts are on the chopping block. ...more

January 10, 2009

1. White and blue collar shirts must be replaced with brown and elite black shirts. 2. Truth, common sense and intellectual debate must be stopped and political correctness must reign. 3. All logic ought to be micromanaged by our media. 4. We are safe, but our requirement will be our necks stretched across a chopping block. 5. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and acts like a duck; well? 6. Our economy is solid, that's why most large businesses are relocating to other parts of the world (which proves the point.) 7. Those nations who promise to kill us are just kidding. 8. If a tsunami was heading toward us our political authorities would say there's nothing to worry about and we'd do nothing. 9. No need to fear, what you don't know won't kill you. 10. Now the election is over, all bets are off. ...more

November 9, 2008

Another Summer Olympic Games have come and gone, and once again, the United States retained its position atop the medal count for the fourth year running. Although host China firmly walks away with the top tally for attaining gold, most America sentiments should be ones of pride and accomplishment. ...more

August 24, 2008