As a retired government worker, I have retained my government health care insurance. ...more

October 27, 2008

It is easy to be cynical. After all, when you reach retirement age as I have, you have experienced disappointment, unfairness and many obstacles that make you forget just how important it is to stay focused and continue to do the right things to make the world a better place for ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. ...more

October 26, 2008

Preaching the importance of bicycle safety is nothing new in this community. ...more

October 24, 2008

The Taliban beheaded their relatives and terrorized their villages. Now army airstrikes are killing the innocent, say refugees who fled fighting set off by a Pakistani military offensive against the Islamic extremists. ...more

October 24, 2008

Emily Moody was a television host, reader to the blind and department store heiress. ...more

October 23, 2008

Preaching the importance of bicycle safety is nothing new in this community. ...more

October 22, 2008

Preaching the importance of bicycle safety is nothing new in this community. ...more

October 22, 2008

"The Heretic's Daughter," by Kathleen Kent (Little, Brown & Co., $24.99) ...more

October 19, 2008

Darryl Schumacher, 55, Plant City Height: 5-foot-10 ...more

October 16, 2008

Erin Stawarz can easily call her parents to baby-sit or suggest toys for Christmas, but one topic remains taboo: asking them to help pay for their grandchildren's college tuition. ...more

October 5, 2008