For various reasons — usually the clientele, the owner's political sympathies or the neighborhood — certain restaurants, hotels and meeting facilities get reputations as political stops along the campaign trail. ...more

July 28, 2008

For all the lengths Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have gone to in keeping their hunt for a vice president under wraps, their deliberations are in some ways being conducted in plain sight. ...more

July 20, 2008

In a Republican Party news conference call Friday to introduce a new John McCain campaign video, retired Col. Bud Day, a friend and occasional political spokesman for McCain, said the Iraq war is a repeat of Vietnam, and that Muslims "have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us." ...more

July 19, 2008

Media should be ashamed that they are accomplices in accepting "Swiftboating" as a verb, synonymous with "smearing." ...more

July 18, 2008

Help Returning Soldiers Regarding "A Hero At 26, War Haunted Him The Rest Of His Days" (Nation/World, July 9): ...more

July 16, 2008

With almost three more months for people to register to vote in the November general election, Highlands County already has more registered voters than ever in its history. ...more

July 15, 2008

It's only July, but already we know the rules of this year's presidential campaign. Actually, they're the same rules that apply every election: You can say anything you want about the Democratic candidate, but you have to treat the Republican candidate with kid gloves. ...more

July 9, 2008

Cruise ships would be required to install peep holes in cabin doors, increase guard-rail heights and maintain crime report logbooks under legislation introduced Thursday by Sen. John Kerry. ...more

June 28, 2008

Incumbents in two state House districts representing Central and South Tampa face opposition in their campaigns for reelection. ...more

June 28, 2008

As so many of you gentle readers know all too well, this space feels absolutely terrible whenever the sensibilities of one of you may be offended by something I have written. ...more

June 22, 2008