As a breast cancer survivor, I feel particularly qualified to assert my opinion on the latest U. S. Preventive Services Task Force's guidelines regarding mammograms. I'm uncertain at this point exactly whose best interests are served by this organization, but as one whose "starting annual mammograms at age 40" prevented "one additional death," I hope my story merits publication in your newspaper. ...more

November 20, 2009

The 10 pictures on your editorial page Sunday included five people with the planning commission ("Seeing is believing," Views, Oct. 25). Why are we paying for five people from the same agency to go to Charlotte to ride a train and get "stoked"? ...more

October 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday restored the Air Force's authority to select the winner of a $35 billion contract for aerial refueling tankers between Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. ...more

September 16, 2009

The editorial in Sunday's Trib, "Reducing abuse of state pensions," is just another example of misuse of the system. ...more

July 16, 2009

Please Hispanic community, let's not play the identity politics game over Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination. She should be confirmed or rejected on the merits of her record, not ethnic background. ...more

June 1, 2009

For the second consecutive season, James Shields will be called upon to set the tone for the Rays on Opening Day. But this year's assignment will be a bit sweeter. ...more

March 5, 2009

A vote could come today to remake part of the Selmon Crosstown Expressway into the region's newest bike trail, at least on occasion. ...more

February 23, 2009

In 2006, Michael Langston and his FlaVarsity.com colleagues ranked a high school quarterback as the No. 1 player in the state of Florida and the complaints flooded in. ...more

February 1, 2009

Kudos to Commissioner Carlson for asking "Where's the money coming from?" and then voting "no" to voluntarily reducing county revenue. The other commissioners should have followed the rookie's lead. Instead, the majority approved measures (senior citizen tax break and combat troop stipend) which had been turned down or tabled back when the county had the money to spend. What's the logic; now that we can't afford it, we'll do it? I'm not addressing the merits of either proposal, but neither should the commission have. The county should simply not entertain requests for exemptions or expenditures from special interest groups until its revenue stream is stable; tax reductions have consequences. ...more

November 25, 2008

Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport ranks as the No. 1 destination for airline tickets Orbitz.com booked for travel this week. ...more

November 24, 2008