Sharon Philyaw of Safety Harbor, chairwoman of the No Bus Committee, is pleased with the Pinellas School District's scrapping of a planned bus terminal. ...more

May 10, 2008

Failure To Communicate? Regarding the wheelchair-dumping incident at the Orient Road Jail: ...more

February 23, 2008

A Hillsborough County detention deputy who dumped a quadriplegic man from his wheelchair was arrested this morning on a charge of abuse of a disabled person, records show. Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, turned herself in to authorities and was booked into the Orient Road Jail at 5:19 a.m. before being released about an hour later on $3,500 bail, records show. A warrant for her arrest was announced last night by Sheriff David Gee. ...more

February 16, 2008

David Hicks, the only person sentenced by the military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try terrorism suspects, walked out of prison in Australia this morning after serving nine months for providing support to a terrorist organization. ...more

December 29, 2007

It's about to happen again. Three states - Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina - that combined don't have as many electoral votes as Florida will have disproportionate influence in determining the next leader of the free world. ...more

December 23, 2007

The attorney for one of the four suspects charged with killing Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor said Friday he is talking with prosecutors about a plea agreement that may include testifying against the others. ...more

December 22, 2007

I am sure this subject had been addressed before, but I am at a loss as to why our law enforcement officials would give the news media lists of the locations and dates of where they plan to set up traffic checks for driver license, auto insurance and safety defects. As I see it, the law enforcement and the news media are doing a disservice to the law-abiding public who maintain valid driver licenses, auto insurance and keep their autos in a safe operating condition. ...more

December 7, 2007

Presidential campaigns, with their boiler-room pressure, news media scrutiny and organizational challenges, have always functioned as something of a dress rehearsal for the White House. How do the candidates make tough decisions? Are they willing to listen to opposing points of view? Do they micromanage? ...more

November 24, 2007

Venezuela's government could detain citizens without charges and censor the news media if President Hugo Chavez declares a state of emergency under a draft constitutional amendment adopted Thursday. ...more

October 26, 2007

The Kremlin, its political consultants and state-controlled news media have found an American to admire: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. ...more

October 19, 2007