In response to Frances Earl's column in Thursday's edition, I would like to take the opportunity to set her facts straight. ...more

May 13, 2008

John Arango of Hudson says Republican policies are noT good for the poor and middle class. ...more

May 10, 2008

Ralph Jennett of New Port Richey can't find logic of raising taxes on petroleum as a means of making it more plentiful. Oil companies don't control the cost of fuel, the market does, he says. ...more

May 10, 2008

It has become blatantly clear this week that the Democratic superdelegates will never find themselves in a chapter of "Profiles in Courage." ...more

May 9, 2008

President Bush sent lawmakers a $70 billion request Friday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring, which would give the next president breathing room to make their own war policy. ...more

May 3, 2008

In reference to the letter dated Feb. 20 by Charles E. Wilson, all I can say is "How Typically Democratic!" Mr. Wilson begins and ends with a condemnation of the current Congress' spending any time on the steroids scandal when more important issues are at hand. However, so typically Democratic, Mr. Wilson just had to take a shot at condemning Bush for the Iraq War. Mr. Wilson emphatically promotes the false reasoning perpetuated by those Democrats who hate President Bush because he legitimately won the first and second election over weak Democratic candidates. Bush's decision to take out Saddam and ensure that his WMDs wouldn't fall into the hands of terrorists who wanted to destroy us and or our interests was the right thing to do, at the right time. Most of the Democratic leaders agreed and if anyone believes President Bush influenced the thinking of Hillary, etc., they need to stop with the Kool Aid. ...more

February 25, 2008

Ralph Nader is launching a third-party campaign for president. ...more

February 24, 2008

John Chase of Palm Harbor says nation needs Obama, veto-proof Democratic majority in Congress. ...more

February 23, 2008

The Senate Ethics Committee said Wednesday that Idaho Sen. Larry Craig acted improperly in connection with a men's room sex sting last year and had brought discredit on the Senate. ...more

February 14, 2008

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings. ...more

February 11, 2008