More than 900 people provided information about themselves and their votes in a TBO.com survey, providing a look at what's behind the election results across the Tampa Bay area. ...more

November 10, 2008

I was pleased to read the article about bully laws being created to protect school children. The pro-Amendment 2 letters recently printed express much concern for the welfare of children but they are overlooking the fact that we are all children. ...more

November 2, 2008

I have been following the reports concerning the "bi-partisan" committee which investigated the alleged misdeeds of Governor Palin on the firing of a man in Alaska. I understand Governor Palin states that the man was fired for insubordination. I don't know the exact makeup of the committee except I am informed that the chairman is a Democrat. It is likely that even Republicans on the committee may have been predisposed to find fault with the governor, since she had reprimanded some in her own party. I understand that the report did not find anything illegal in the actions of Governor Palin but that the question was one of ethics. ...more

October 18, 2008

Symbol Of Repression I am angry. Every morning during my commute to work, a giant Confederate flag greets me like a slap in the face at the junction of Interstates 4 and 75. This virulent symbol is a constant remainder of the South's failed attempt to defend the unconscionable practice of slavery. ...more

September 13, 2008

Why Not Ask Troops? Regarding " 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Dispute Reignited" (Nation/World, July 24): ...more

July 31, 2008

Thereby Hangs A Tail Many, many years ago, when I was more into reading science fiction than I am today, I read a story about a girl who was born with a tail. She led a horrible life. She was picked on at school and generally ostracized by society. Her wish was to get rid of the cursed thing so she could lead a normal life, but doctors were afraid to undertake a removal operation. Then a strange thing happened - more and more children were being born with tails. Scientists accredited the phenomenon to a change in our genetic make-up. The learned ones claimed that either we as the human race was evolving to some new higher order or else we were regressing back to our roots. ...more

May 24, 2008

A University of South Florida student charged with illegally transporting explosives wants his case to be tried separately from a fellow student, who also is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

November 10, 2007

TAMPA – A University of South Florida student charged with illegally transporting explosives wants his case to be tried separately from a fellow student, who also is accused of trying to help terrorists. ...more

November 9, 2007