I was appointed to the Tampa City Council in 2006 to finish a term for a departing council member. My term ended about a year ago. It was a tremendous experience, and I wish more people interested in government could have the opportunity to sit on the other side of the podium. ...more

May 25, 2008

John McCain, seeking to become the oldest elected first-term president, gets an in-depth skin cancer check every few months because of melanomas. ...more

May 24, 2008

Politics At Its Worst Regarding "Clinton's Pa. Win Boosts Pressure to Solve Florida, Michigan Votes" (front page, April 24): ...more

May 3, 2008

In announcing another quixotic, third-party presidential bid Sunday on "Meet the Press," Ralph Nader, the Harold Stassen of the modern era, asked why so many in the "liberal intelligentsia" condemn him for discussing important issues the two major parties ignore. ...more

February 26, 2008

Though this country has made great strides in overcoming racial prejudice and stereotyping groups of people, those things still exist, especially amongst the poor, uneducated and rural Americans. Sebring is rural America and it exists right here in our home town, like it or not. ...more

February 21, 2008

The cold fronts, which the weather reporters keep showing, never seem to get much farther south than Orlando. We may not see any freezing temperatures this year. And the chance of getting any appreciable rain also will not happen. I am supposing that we must have gotten at least one good freeze because I see that most of the citrus groves fruits are ready for harvesting. But if this climate warming continues will the growers, who depend upon the freezing climate and rain, be able to continue? Watering restrictions will include not only homeowners but the growers also? ...more

February 14, 2008

At the tender age of 22, Ashley Rhodes-Courter is living a pretty fantastic life. She's attractive, well-spoken and college-educated, with doting parents and a newly published memoir that's generating national buzz. ...more

February 4, 2008

As revelations go, this probably qualifies as a poor man's epiphany-lite meets "I coulda had a V-8!" moment. ...more

January 31, 2008

Classy" is not how many of us think of Rudy Giuliani, who has a reputation for being combative, but that's how he left the presidential race Wednesday following a rousing concession speech Tuesday night. ...more

January 31, 2008

John McCain was introduced as the next President of the United States by Gov. Charlie Crist, who endorsed the senator at a rally at the Tampa Convention Center today. ...more

January 28, 2008