Barack Obama is such a dynamic orator that you could almost overlook the boilerplate liberal tenets in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night: Increase taxes on corporations, but spare the middle class; use government to lift the poor and increase the minimum wage; help families pay for college and make it easier for unions to sign up workers. ...more

August 30, 2008

TAMPA Jobsite Theatre could not have picked a finer show than "Embedded" to close out the 2007-2008 season. Written by Tim Robbins, this was, by far, Jobsite's best production of the year. ...more

August 20, 2008

Jobsite Theatre could not have picked a finer show than "Embedded" to close out the 2007-08 season. Written by Tim Robbins, this was, by far, Jobsite's best production. ...more

August 19, 2008

Re: "Warrior For Peace" by Frances Earl in the Aug. 14 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

August 16, 2008

Six years ago, Florida Democrats lost a coveted seat in Congress after Republican challenger Ginny Brown-Waite narrowly defeated Democratic five-term incumbent Karen Thurman in the race for the 5th Congressional District. ...more

August 1, 2008

Anyone seeking evidence that Democrats are eager to pounce on any Republican officeholder might take a look at the race for Congress in Florida's District 10. ...more

July 30, 2008

The next U.S. president will inherit a record budget deficit of more than $490 billion, a Bush administration official said Monday, according to the Associated Press. That figure shouldn't surprise anyone, with our economy not in the best shape right now, the war in Iraq, and the stimulus payments made to 130 million households. ...more

July 29, 2008

Openly frustrated at the heavy news coverage of Barack Obama's trip to the Middle East, the John McCain campaign is responding with a public relations offensive, including a new Web video that accuses television news reporters of being "in the tank" for Obama. ...more

July 23, 2008

Dollar Value Loss On July 8, Tom Cannariato implied we can drill our way to energy independence and cheaper oil. Dallas Dunlap is more perceptive of the real world. When oil was $9 a barrel, it was far cheaper to buy it than it was to produce it ourselves, so nobody cared. Who does Tom think will pay the billions for exploration, rigs, pipelines, refineries and manpower? You will. How much more of your tax money should be used to subsidize the oil companies? Add that to the cost; so much for cheaper. You pay for all hurricane destruction, too. ...more

July 23, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, opening a high-stakes foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with Sen. John McCain in the presidential campaign over whether the war in Iraq has been a distraction in hunting down terrorists. ...more

July 20, 2008