LAND O' LAKES - As landmarks go, the homely red block barn with its face smashed up against U.S. 41's northbound lanes may not look like much. But in the recent history of Land O' Lakes and Pasco County, the global headquarters of Hungry Harry's Famous Bar-B-Que fits neatly between the Old North Church and (appropriately, as we shall see) Wright's Tavern. ...more

November 19, 2008

Barring a successful appeal, voters will not decide in November whether to create an elected county mayor position in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 2, 2008

The county mayor referendum has been struck from the November ballot, a circuit court judge ruled today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Kentaro Tohyama is proud of his new iPhone. He stood overnight in line to get it when the device became available in Japan for the first time. But the 29-year-old computer engineer isn't about to part with his made-in-Japan cell phone either. ...more

July 17, 2008

A plan to build a 3-mile road to ease traffic in North Tampa is dead. ...more

June 14, 2008

The HD DVD is now the Highly Dead DVD. On Tuesday, Toshiba Corp., creator of the high-definition DVD, dropped out of the battle over the next generation of movie-disc technology and conceded to Sony's rival Blu-ray format. ...more

February 20, 2008

Florida's decision to move up its presidential primary helped to give Republicans a clearer front-runner headed into next week's Super Tuesday contests. ...more

January 31, 2008

My heartfelt thanks to Bud Morgan for his guest column titled "Darkness Obscures America's Horizon" and to the Highlands Today for publishing it. I fear that the American public has submerged itself in a sea of complacency with respect to the gradual erosion of our liberties and the blind reliance on an administration which is systematically dismantling our democracy behind a veil of secrecy. Using fear as a smokescreen, the Bush administration has prevented public disclosure of activities which by Constitution and custom are the legitimate and critical concerns of both Congress and the American public. Our biggest danger is not the Islamic fanatic plotting against us in a cave in Afghanistan, but the public apathy which fear has instilled into the public discourse. ...more

November 19, 2007

Sixteen months ago, a federal agency proposed slowing ships in certain East Coast waters to 10 knots or less during parts of the year to save the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world's most endangered marine mammals, from extinction. ...more

October 21, 2007

It's hard to understand how teaching mathematics in elementary school could get so convoluted. After all, 2+2 should always equal 4; students should learn their multiplication tables and first-graders should solve math problems sans calculator. ...more

September 23, 2007