Veterans Day 2009, "America's Shame," "No man left behind," shallow words indeed. ...more

October 29, 2009

A. J. D'Amario of Hudson would rather see the government keep its hands off the private sector. ...more

April 15, 2009

Some people ask about their jobs - whether they'll find one or they'll lose the one they've got. ...more

March 24, 2009

More people are looking to psychics for help interpreting the future. ...more

March 23, 2009

A six-member jury has ruled against a Clearwater-based company accused of defrauding the owner of a crane company in Illinois by taking prepayment for a crane lease and giving nothing in return. ...more

November 17, 2008

Federal prosecutors say former Liberian President Charles Taylor's son poured molten plastic on the skin of the regime's opponents, rubbed salt in their wounds and shocked them with electricity during a horrific three-year campaign of intimidation in Africa. ...more

September 20, 2008

Watching the ceremonies today honoring our veterans stirred my mind. ...more

November 14, 2007

The Westchase Community Association continues to feel tumultuous change as it loses yet another board member and faces financial scrutiny from residents. ...more

October 15, 2007

Kipling memorialized the ability of a society to forget about its soldiers once the time of crisis had passed in his poem called "Tommy Atkins." Our country has on occasion shown a similar disregard for the welfare of our veterans as when President Hoover ordered Gen. McArthur to use force to drive a political protest of war veterans out of Washington, D.C. McArthur obliged by driving the marchers out of D.C. with fixed bayonets and ordered the burning of their encampment. Since then we have generally done better for our veterans, a farsighted G.I. Bill after World War II providing educational benefits, which well served the veterans and the nation for a generation. I personally will be forever grateful for the education I received under P.L. 550 at the end of the Korean War, without which I could never have attended college. ...more

October 12, 2007

WESTCHASE The first meeting of the new board of directors for the Westchase Community Association spiraled Thursday into personal attacks before ending with one member resigning. ...more

September 14, 2007