James Tullis of Clearwater says Republican Club ad about Barack Obama was not far off mark. ...more

October 18, 2008

On the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11, we will once again mourn; politicians will intone about fighting the war on terrorism. Some will even talk about World War IV. ...more

September 11, 2008

Is Muslim anti-Americanism driven by our culture or our foreign policy? Do they hate us for "who we are," or "what we do?" ...more

July 28, 2008

So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. ...more

July 9, 2008

So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. ...more

July 8, 2008

The rocks and bricks mixed irregularly among the mortar of the old walled city whose gates were locked at sunset until 300 years ago. But in late January, two Americans walked outside the walls after a day exploring the town's 400 alleyways. ...more

June 20, 2008

AVON PARK — Just in case they haven't been paying attention to the news, Judy Puffen gave high school students a personal account of what Iraq is like: frequent sandstorms, constant danger, grinding poverty, unvarying boredom. "Please let me come home before I die," former Sgt. 1st Class Puffen said she would think. She was one of the first American soldiers to go there after Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced in 2003. "It was all sand over there," she said. "The first thing I wanted to do when I got home was kiss the grass. It was like biblical times. The houses were made of adobe — mud." "What kind of weapon did you carry," asked one student in Amy Love's American History class. "An M-16," Puffen said, a 22-year veteran. Even though her job was administrative and financial, she carried a rifle. ...more

February 23, 2008

When I saw Benazir Bhutto that day in 1989, she was simply impossible to miss. There she stood on the eve of a gathering of the world's most powerful countries: A woman making her way confidently in a sea of men. A woman from Pakistan - a Muslim country, no less - democratically elected as prime minister. ...more

December 28, 2007

Police arrested two people Saturday and formally named two others who were in custody as suspects in recent bombings in southern Indian that killed at least 43 people, an official said. ...more

September 2, 2007