Society generally has not been kind to those with mental illnesses or quirky personalities. Embarrassed by such relatives, their families of decades past often sent them to institutions and never talked about them again. ...more

January 25, 2009

Here is a word of warning to the new administration and to all illegals: It would be ill-advised for the new administration to consider pushing for "Comprehensive Immigration." To do so will spark civil unrest, unlike that which America has never seen before. The American worker has been very tolerant for many years with low wages, unfair tax re-distribution, the hiring of illegal workers, the bringing in of guest workers, failing to enforce borders and allowing drugs and illegals from all over the world to enter our nation and the using of tax dollars to offshore American industry. This has caused the entire collapse of the financial system, causing the American worker to lose homes, healthcare and the American dream. This civil unrest could get very ugly. The target of this unrest will be public officials, organizations or anyone who promotes the misuse of our laws, including the illegals themselves. The American worker is "mad as hell" and will not allow this insanity to continue. Let this also be a word of warning to all illegals: the American worker will no longer be mister nice guy. ...more

December 20, 2008

Downloading has killed the album, so the music industry would have you believe. Everyone just grabs their favorite tracks anyway, so what's the point of a carefully sequenced, start-to-finish listening event? ...more

December 4, 2008

Bucs are Bucs. But blood is blood. That's what it will probably come down to in the not-so-curious case of near-legendary Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin, who appears ready to take the plunge after this season to join his son Lane at the University of Tennessee. ...more

December 1, 2008

Hardly anyone among the 34,904 who had jammed Tropicana Field had left. They wouldn't have dared. The game had been so far beyond even the normal insanity of post-season baseball that everyone had to realize they were part of something special. ...more

October 12, 2008

Murder trial witness Monique Pennywell told a jury today how she locked herself in the bathroom of her St. Petersburg home on Feb. 4, 2002, while her former boyfriend Dennis Roache beheaded her new lover in the master bedroom on the other side of the door. ...more

September 26, 2008

Descent Into Insanity Watching Frances Earl's descent into insanity in your newspaper is fascinating. She comes up with facts that I can find nowhere else. ...more

September 9, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - The second woman charged with killing her 47-year-old boyfriend in what authorities called a ménage a trois gone bad pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today. ...more

July 10, 2008

A Wise Choice Regarding "McCain Is Our Man" (Commentary, Jan. 13): Congratulations on your wise presidential primary endorsements! ...more

January 19, 2008

The fitness and weight-loss industry has been without one of its most vociferous and prolific spokeswomen for about a decade. ...more

January 6, 2008