A church giving sermons about sex may have to find a new home. Brevard Public School District's risk-management department has threatened to boot New Hope Church out of Sherwood Elementary because of a worship series titled "Great Sex for You." ...more

April 26, 2009

Brian Blair said he wanted his goodbye news conference to be an "upbeat" affair, but the former professional wrestler couldn't leave the ring without taking a few shots at the opponent who took his Hillsborough County Commission seat in last week's election. ...more

November 14, 2008

They raise money through text messages and release videos directly to the Internet, but Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are relying on the old-fashioned U.S. Postal Service to deliver that staple of a presidential campaign's final weeks: the attack ad. ...more

October 27, 2008

Bob and Luz Husereau are bewildered by the mailer delivered to their Plant City home urging them to register to vote. ...more

October 4, 2008

Charles Hobbs is a Democrat who votes in nearly every election. So when the 79-year-old Plant City man got a letter in the mail asking him to donate money to the Republican Party, he figured they must have had him mixed up with someone else. ...more

September 18, 2008

It Pays To Be Nice The primary was barely over when I had to pack my bags to go to the convention. ...more

September 14, 2008

Congressman Tim Mahoney wasted no time in upstaging his opponent and seeking an advantage. ...more

August 30, 2008

If your campaign has money for nothing else, advised John Long, once upon a time Pasco's pre-eminent political scholar, pay for polls. Commercials can be muted; mailers go in the trash. But a proper poll identifies what preys on folks' minds, and how a candidate's message can best harmonize with those concerns. ...more

August 29, 2008

LETTERS Edwards' Affair: McCain Is Less Honorable "We" are upset about Sen. (John) Edwards' affair, which he ended over a year ago and obviously was forgiven for by his wife. ...more

August 17, 2008

You see them on park benches, hunched over their tiny BlackBerries, thumbs pumping at blur. In the coffee shops with free wireless Internet, their laptops are smoking. People love their digitals, and a recent AOL survey says the Tampa Bay area is more addicted than most. ...more

August 4, 2008