Before starting college in 2008, my sister, Ti-Anna, spent a year in Washington advocating for our father, Wang Bingzhang, a political prisoner in China. She accomplished a great deal: She met influential politicians and policymakers and even had an op-ed published in January. ...more

November 17, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Superintendent Heather Fiorentino and the Pasco County School Board remain at odds over plans for a new administration building for the district. ...more

October 28, 2009

Germany 1930-'39. Brown-shirt storm troopers stifle dissent from the religious and the media. Read or see "The Coming of the Third Reich" by R. Evans. Fast forward to America 2009 under its new administration; all staff members told to go on attack mode against Fox News. All other news outlets have access to the administration, unless, of course, they report anything discriminatory, except Fox News. ...more

October 28, 2009

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ventures south of the border this week at a moment when the tricky dynamics of the U.S.-Mexico relationship are on full display. ...more

March 23, 2009

The throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge into Virginia, by the Pentagon and to the offices of defense contractors to mark the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. ...more

March 22, 2009

Leave it to former Vice President Dick Cheney to throw custom and protocol to the winds to engage in partisan sniping with the new administration so soon after the inauguration. ...more

March 22, 2009

President Barack Obama's budget would produce $9.3 trillion in deficits over the next decade, more than four times the deficits of Republican George W. Bush's presidency, congressional auditors said Friday. ...more

March 20, 2009

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that by jettisoning key elements of the Bush administration's approach to terrorism, President Barack Obama had increased the risk of more attacks on the United States. ...more

March 16, 2009

President Barack Obama said today he is allowing federal taxpayer dollars to fund significantly broader research on embryonic stem cells because "medical miracles do not happen simply by accident," and promised his administration would make up for the ground lost under his predecessor. ...more

March 9, 2009

The city of Avon Park has big plans for its municipal airport. Next month is the grand opening of the Fixed Based Operator (FBO) Administration Building. ...more

March 3, 2009