As Florida suffers through one of its coldest winters on record and the Mid-Atlantic suffers from record snowfall, one has to ask the question: Where on earth is Al Gore? ...more

February 14, 2010

which includes Fergie, Taboo and Apl.de.ap - performed at Sunday night's Grammy awards, where they picked up three trophies including Best Pop Album for 2009's "The E.N.D." ...more

February 6, 2010

Heated e-mails were exchanged this weekend between the critics and author of a plan designed to boost Hernando County's economy. ...more

March 2, 2009

Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman's proposal to rename the Moral Courage Award after the late Ralph Hughes is now reality. Norman's had, as we know, worse ideas, but this one is bad. Unless political agenda is somehow synonymous with moral courage. ...more

September 24, 2008

Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman's proposal to rename the Moral Courage Award after the late Ralph Hughes is now reality. Norman's had, as we know, worse ideas, but this one is bad. Unless political agenda is somehow synonymous with moral courage. If there had to be any kind of name change, then it would have been more appropriate to have called it the Gadfly Award, which often applies, or maybe the Self-Interest Award, which also has applied in the past. Or simply an Attaboy Award for those who merely do their job, but do it well enough. ...more

September 22, 2008

Another half-baked idea by Commissioner Jim Norman is to rename the county's moral courage award for the late Ralph Hughes, a wealthy business owner who advocated tirelessly for lower taxes and less regulation. ...more

September 17, 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

On Monday, I went to meet candidates. I thought I knew everything about everything. I was wrong. There were political people there; there were people interested in the welfare of all of us. Andy Jackson admitted he/they might have done better. What he did not say is they could have done worse. Jeri Canale has knowledge of the county commissioner's job. Jeff Carlson has a political agenda that wants to cut, cut, cut. It is my opinion that we have been cut so much, we have been bled, to where we don't have blood to give to Red Cross. ...more

August 14, 2008

The Memorial Day weekend that Gov. Charlie Crist spent at Sen. John McCain's Arizona ranch has kept political gadflies buzzing about the prospect of Florida's governor running for vice president alongside McCain this fall. ...more

June 1, 2008

Even when troop levels eventually start to drop in Iraq and Afghanistan, special operations forces will remain, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday night. ...more

May 22, 2008