Election Can't Come Soon Enough I wonder why Cheney (he's the real president, right?) sent in uniformed troops to Georgia with supplies, when our service people are already stretched thin, with two wars, plus National Guard people helping out. ...more

August 16, 2008

Airline industry woes are giving airports across the nation a shrinking feeling. ...more

August 14, 2008

When I heard people heckling Barack Obama during his campaign stop at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg last Friday, my first thought was they were Hillary Clinton supporters or conservatives out to make life miserable for the liberal Democrat. As it turned out, the six Obama-haters weren't from the right wing but from the far left - and just happened to be black. ...more

August 10, 2008

TAMPA - JetBlue Airways on Nov. 2 will inaugurate a daily flight between Tampa International Airport and Westchester County Airport, which serves New York, Connecticut and some New Jersey areas. ...more

July 15, 2008

Settling For Mediocrity Today it will be 232 years since our forefathers declared independence from England and began what we now call America. ...more

July 4, 2008

Even Hillary Clinton critics are feeling a bit sorry for her these days. Barack Obama has moved on, and so has the campaign for the presidency. Recall a year ago when most people thought it would be the Republicans who would still be struggling to find a candidate and Hillary would be standing tall, waiting for her next foe. Things change a lot in a year. Obama has all but won, even if he technically hasn't wrapped up the Democratic nomination. He will, and there's little hope for Clinton. Where did it all go wrong? Most people agree that Clinton got waylaid by an Illinois twister. Few times in United States history has a political dynamo entered the scene. It happened when Abraham Lincoln ran for office, and again when John F. Kennedy and his brother Robert ran for the presidency. Since then, it's been fairly quiet. ...more

May 22, 2008

Kenny Chesney may not have wanted online voters to decide one of country music's top awards, but he still asked his fans to click for him. ...more

May 20, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 26, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 23, 2008

Sen. Edward Kennedy implored Americans on Monday "to turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion," as he placed the aura of the most prominent Democratic family around Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy. ...more

January 29, 2008