In my many years of observing life in the United States, it is my axiomatic conclusion: ...more

November 8, 2009

Bill Foster has won the race to become this city's next mayor. ...more

November 3, 2009

Republicans needn't trouble themselves to nominate a presidential candidate in 2012. No matter what, President Barack Obama will run against George W. Bush. Bush will be Obama's eternal foil. At this rate, when Obama writes his post-presidential memoir, it will be titled "An Audacious Presidency, or How I Saved America From That Bastard Bush." ...more

October 24, 2009

Although no one waits in long lines for a new edition of Windows software anymore, the debut of Microsoft's latest operating system is part of why buying a PC is starting to feel fun for the first time in years. ...more

October 22, 2009

The House voted Thursday to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation, significantly expanding the hate crimes law enacted in the days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. ...more

October 8, 2009

The Publix that replaced the chain's smaller 1985 grocery at Walden Woods Shopping Center has a variety of activities scheduled Saturday, Aug. 1 to mark the anniversary of last summer's reopening. ...more

July 26, 2009

Progress Energy on Tuesday named Vincent M. Dolan as successor to Jeffrey J. Lyash as president and CEO of Progress Energy Florida, which serves more than 1.6 million Florida households and businesses. ...more

June 25, 2009

The Bucs are definitely marching to a different beat these days. On the first day of their first minicamp under new coach Raheem Morris, the field-side stereo system that used to blast out Bon Jovi and AC/DC was blowing Tupac and Rick Ross instead. ...more

March 31, 2009

For all the sweeping changes that President Barack Obama has delivered, there also has been an ample helping of more-of-the-same. ...more

February 28, 2009

President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the status quo. ...more

February 28, 2009