Avery Axel was annoyed with his cable company, Comcast, and was considering switching to Verizon's new Fios fiber-optic TV and Internet service. ...more

June 21, 2008

Iran rejected a six-nation offer of incentives to stop enriching uranium on Saturday, prompting President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to jointly warn Tehran against proceeding toward a nuclear bomb. ...more

June 15, 2008

President Robert Mugabe said Friday that his supporters are ready to fight if the opposition wins an upcoming presidential runoff election, hardening the rhetoric of a campaign that already has seen widespread violence against government opponents. ...more

June 14, 2008

As veteran observers of Pasco County government know, June 1 often heralds the arrival of not only the Atlantic hurricane season but something else likely to get things stirring: the release of the annual Sheriff's Office budget proposal. Regardless of who is sheriff or his or her party affiliation, the county's top law enforcement official has almost without fail wanted more money than the County Commission wants to give the office. ...more

June 4, 2008

John Chase of Palm Harbor says nation needs Obama, veto-proof Democratic majority in Congress. ...more

February 23, 2008

There is no other freedom as we are enjoying here in the U.S.A. I have enjoyed 53 years of "the life" here and 49 years of this as a naturalized citizen. What a country. ...more

February 21, 2008

Serbia's newly re-elected president Boris Tadic pledged at his inauguration Friday that he would never stop fighting against independence for Kosovo. ...more

February 16, 2008

With a government eavesdropping law about to expire, Washington is awash in accusations over who's to blame. ...more

February 16, 2008

After reading Patrick Bohlen's letter "Highlands County School Board Needs To Evolve" it was apparent he is unaware that they have evolved. From ape-like creatures, I've got my doubts. But far from the once unprepared accumulation of parents and teachers who might be deceived by a hidden humanist agenda. Today Highlands County should stand proud, recognizing the wisdom and knowledge which this professional school board has displayed. This board does not stand alone, but is just one of scores of school boards across the state that views various changes in the New Science Standards as disingenuous and aimed to promote a pagan philosophy. Identifying this misguided teaching has nothing to do with religion, as Mr. Bohlen would have us believe, but rather the inaccuracy of the curriculum itself. The proposed new science standards have many excellent improvements, but the rhetoric concealed within the evolutionary portion of the new standards could be interpreted as selling a religion rather than teaching science. ...more

February 5, 2008

As the primary season rolls into full speed, we are being bombarded by a slew of debates. It appears we are faced with political carnage almost nightly. ...more

January 20, 2008