Over a late supper here the night of the Iowa caucuses, I was reading a magazine article about Barack Obama, which included an arresting photo. ...more

January 6, 2008

So how does one remember 2007 now that 2008 is officially upon us? Certainly not with great joy even though we in Florida did not have much of a hurricane season. Like the rest of the nation, Floridians convulsed under the grip of a tanking real-estate market, marked by record foreclosures. In Florida, high property taxes and insurance premiums made things worse for homeowners – and snowbirds, among some, promised to go elsewhere. ...more

January 1, 2008

Almost perfect in tone and delivery, Mitt Romney's long-awaited "religion speech" should reassure people of faith and students of American history that he has no intention of pushing the tenets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the nation. ...more

December 7, 2007

Mitt Romney's planned speech today at the George Bush Presidential Library in Texas to confront suspicions about his Mormon faith is being viewed as the biggest moment of his presidential campaign. ...more

December 6, 2007

Party Is The Problem Regarding "Attacks Heat Up At GOP Debate" (front page, Nov. 29): ...more

December 1, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - There's something to be said about being there before. ...more

November 4, 2007

'Please, please, please, just give the dog back,' Ellen DeGeneres wept on national TV last week. It was a moment that quickly established itself in the pop culture firmament, less for the plight of Iggy the adopted terrier than for the copious crying itself. ...more

October 26, 2007

In a finding sure to affect the presidential campaign, Republican voters are now skeptical of the value of free trade, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. ...more

October 7, 2007

Mitt Romney once said financing his own campaign would be a 'nightmare.' Writing checks, he said this week, is 'painful.' ...more

October 6, 2007

Peno Hardesty of New Port Richey says we have no right to hate. ...more

September 18, 2007