"Now we were faced with a nightmare that would draw a line in the sand for us. Would I allow anger, hurt and bitterness to guide my heart away from God? Calling the church, asking for prayer as soon as he found out about the tumor, had revealed Dirk would not allow this to come between God and him. His heart was broken and he was asking for God's help. ...more

September 20, 2008

It's really wonderful that the majority of Americans will have the common sense to see through all the charades and half truths, and understand that when a candidate runs for the most important office in the world and has nothing to offer in the way of experience, then he will not, and should not prevail. ...more

August 29, 2008

Dale Patterson of Hudson takes issue with letter that spoke of the ignorance of Floridians. ...more

August 27, 2008

Having voted in yesterday's primary, I can't believe the state and local governments spent all those millions for the optical-scanning system. The touch-screen was less cumbersome - one machine per booth vs. two booths, paper, pen and folder - and confirmed who you voted for before you "went final." Correcting a mistake on the touch-screen was easy; now you have to go through an error process and do the whole system over. You aren't warned about undervotes at all. ...more

August 27, 2008

Once again, American shooter Matt Emmons chose to be philosophical. ...more

August 18, 2008

ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR ACCEPTS BLAME ...more

July 18, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE AAA MAJORS BASEBALL Down 1-0 and 5-3, Spring Hill American earns a coveted State Championship berth Friday night against South Lake by unleashing 15 hits – including four homers – to eliminate stubborn Liberty County, 15-5. RHINEBERGER GOES 3-FOR-3 AS KEITH, TREVERTON, LAFERTY LAUNCH HOMERS ...more

July 18, 2008

BUT LAW DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE REPRINTED ...more

July 17, 2008

The U.S. Army has released a study that states that leaders in the United States were more concerned with winning the military battle in Iraq than what to do once it was concluded. That's not exactly earth-shattering news, since most of us already know that, but the historical report is interesting because it's the first major report issued by U.S. military criticizing civilian leaders. The study, "On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign" was written by Donald Wright and Col. Timothy R. Reese, along with the Army's Contemporary Operations Study Team, according to a Washington Post article. They say U.S. commanders lacked a realistic vision of what Iraq would look like after that triumph, according to the story. "The transition to a new campaign was not well thought out, planned for, and prepared for before it began," wrote Wright and Reese. "Additionally, the assumptions about the nature of post Saddam Iraq on which the transition was planned proved to be largely incorrect." ...more

June 30, 2008

Civil War. Cold War. Perhaps weary of travel, President Bush said one thing but meant the other Friday. ...more

June 14, 2008