Germany 1930-'39. Brown-shirt storm troopers stifle dissent from the religious and the media. Read or see "The Coming of the Third Reich" by R. Evans. Fast forward to America 2009 under its new administration; all staff members told to go on attack mode against Fox News. All other news outlets have access to the administration, unless, of course, they report anything discriminatory, except Fox News. ...more

October 28, 2009

It seems that the "Hate letters" letter of Sept. 18 slipped by Highlands Today's requirement of letters avoiding personal attacks on other letter writers. ...more

September 24, 2009

Depends on whose ox is being gored. Our media darling Barack Obama quits his job way early and did not even attend most of the meetings scheduled before he quit, but that's fine, no problem. How can a media God do wrong? ...more

July 12, 2009

Playboy, better known for cheesecake than beefsteak, has announced its list of best sandwiches in the nation, and South Tampa's Hugo's eatery received a mention for its Cuban sandwich. ...more

June 25, 2009

Where oh where have all those mighty principles gone? Where are Cindy and her camp-out? Four years ago I thought the noise would never cease. Activists and their celebrity friends grew and grew. ...more

March 12, 2009

Anyone who believes that Tom Daschle, who by the way has an ego as big as a semi, willingly withdrew his nomination, well, I have a bridge to sell you. It is obvious that the firestorm caused by the Geithner tax cheating exposure and Obama's subsequent holding fast, that nomination could not be duplicated. The Daschle nomination was a no-win situation growing worse daily by every newsroom definition. ...more

February 9, 2009

Two men delivered 60 grams of cocaine to undercover detectives Monday in Gibsonton in exchange for $1,600, Hillsborough County deputies say. ...more

January 13, 2009

The American voter has just elected a freshman senator who has only served two years of his term, (a total of 143 working days) to be the president of the United States. ...more

November 8, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Bishop Verot (4-1) led the battle of field position and was able to grind it out for both halves without using big plays. Lennard (3-3) threatened early in the first quarter, but Hugo Delpapenha came up with a big interception to stop a rally and the Vikings capped it off with a 1-yard scoring run by Schon Thomas. ...more

October 11, 2008

Two Tampa men attacked a former roommate and forced their way into another former roommate's apartment and struck him with beer bottles Sunday night, Tampa police say. ...more

September 30, 2008