Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and four co-conspirators will be tried in a Manhattan federal courthouse, the Justice Department announced Friday, the most concrete demonstration yet of the Obama administration's desire to reassert the primacy of the criminal justice system in responding to terrorist acts. ...more

November 14, 2009

The GOP has announced its intentions to rebrand the Republican Party and is seeking input from the public, so here is mine. ...more

May 8, 2009

Blame Bush Between your editorials and letters to the editor, a lot of people have been complaining about these United States becoming a socialist state and it being President Barack Obama's fault. ...more

April 1, 2009

Just days after three state lawmakers called on Gov. Charlie Crist to consider removing Pasco County School Board member Cathi Martin from office because of her history of absences from board meetings, she has tendered her resignation. ...more

March 14, 2009

Just days after three state lawmakers called on Gov. Charlie Crist to consider removing Pasco County School Board member Cathi Martin from office because of her history of absences from board meetings, she has tendered her resignation. ...more

March 13, 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

It is very encouraging to see our newly elected county commissioner, James Adkins, prove to be a man of his word. One of his campaign promises was to park THE Bus. As reported in Hernando Today, it looks like he is attempting to do so. ...more

February 7, 2009

In an arrogant move, Barack Obama, the day after the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision making abortion legal, an anniversary protested by thousands two days after his inauguration, signed the order reversing the ban on federal funding for international groups that perform abortions. ...more

January 28, 2009

Your (Dec. 26, Our Opinion) editorial recommending "quick treatment" for "our emergency room crisis" may run the risk of prescribing the wrong medicine. Three of the underlying causes you cited may be better, more quickly and more economically treated by other means. ...more

December 31, 2008

Kudos to Commissioner Carlson for asking "Where's the money coming from?" and then voting "no" to voluntarily reducing county revenue. The other commissioners should have followed the rookie's lead. Instead, the majority approved measures (senior citizen tax break and combat troop stipend) which had been turned down or tabled back when the county had the money to spend. What's the logic; now that we can't afford it, we'll do it? I'm not addressing the merits of either proposal, but neither should the commission have. The county should simply not entertain requests for exemptions or expenditures from special interest groups until its revenue stream is stable; tax reductions have consequences. ...more

November 25, 2008