How many people read every last page in the Highlands Today? I did today; a nice quiet Sunday, and guess what I found? It was an announcement from the U.S. Navy. The Navy has announced that it has indefinitely suspended its plans to drop live bombs at the Avon Park Bombing Range; why? Well not because of the hundreds of signatures my sister and I were able to collect standing out in front of Big Lots last year, to protest it. Seems just like all of us "plain folks," the Navy is short of funds. ...more

January 20, 2009

Why are so many people, black and white, dancing in the streets over the outcome of the election? Is it that they have been fooled by Obama's charisma, or is it because they have not been fooled by McCain's use of fear tactics? ...more

November 13, 2008

Where would those of us who count on Social Security so much be now? ...more

September 27, 2008

The letter to the editor by Joan Morrone with a caption "Picking Palin" reflects a lack of knowledge that life beings at conception. To ignore this medical and moral truth is to draw incorrect conclusions related to contraceptives and condoms. ...more

September 13, 2008

Picking Palin to be his running mate was to McCain the perfect political choice, but using her family's experience in order to gain the fundamentalist votes will not be good for the fundamentalist cause, as it blows up their theory that teaching abstinence is the solution to teen pregnancies. Before Palin became a political pawn, women were supposed to stay home and teach their children family values, even to the point of home schooling. We are now being told that a working mother can have it all as long as she doesn't resort to abortions (and can afford to have others take up her duties at home.) ...more

September 8, 2008

"One-term pledge!" This is just one more ploy in the long list of ploys devised by the masters in political intrigue. For the overly ambitious the need to win becomes a corrupting force. Dirty politics heads the list; the list is growing longer, and the ploys more desperate, as defeat draws near. ...more

July 3, 2008

Leonard Pitts's article on the conservative's having given negative connotations to the words "liberal" and "feminism," also applies to the word "evolution." (A Liberal Defense of the Word Feminist, 2/8/08) Evolution tells us that species must adapt to changing environments if they are to survive. Jesus told us we must change our ways by conquering our fears if we wish to survive. What Jesus proved is that it is possible to change our ways, and non-violence will be our salvation. What science has proven, unknowingly, is what religion has known all along. ...more

February 11, 2008

Joan Morrone's article "We Haven't Learned Much in 5,000 Years," tempts the reader into thinking he will be reading a well thought out philosophical look at the world's political process without the grinding of any ideological ax. ...more

December 27, 2007

It wasn't the warmest welcome home for University of South Florida men's soccer coach George Kiefer. ...more

December 3, 2007