Don't like the idea of national health care? Turn in your Medicare cards; it is a government program you know. Lots of insurance companies out there would love your business. It might cost more but what the heck? ...more

September 12, 2009

Maybe Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White misses his old line of work. ...more

March 14, 2009

Maybe Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White misses his old line of work. White was driving home on North Boulevard Friday evening when he saw a man beating a woman at around the 3700 block. ...more

March 13, 2009

With short-term memory, the mind continually cycles fresh information. ...more

March 9, 2009

It's not because I'm single and unattached that Valentine's Day fills me with a kind of internal cringing normally reserved for the sound of nails dragging down a chalkboard. It's not sour grapes or cynicism gone amuck. It's simply that Valentine's Day is, and nearly always has been, a crass, "What the heck am I going to get him or her" competition, that devalues spontaneity, simplicity, romance and - I'm pulling out the big guns here - most of all, love. ...more

February 14, 2009

Like A Good Neighbor? So State Farm wants to stop writing homeowner's insurance in Florida. I checked into their automobile insurance some time ago and was told that I could not just buy auto insurance. They wanted it all - homeowner's, auto, life, health. At that point I was surprised it didn't include asking for my first-born child. ...more

February 2, 2009

On Dec. 13, one witness was outside talking with a neighbor when he saw an Ercoupe 415-D flying southwest. ...more

January 14, 2009

University of South Florida junior DE George Selvie said he hasn't made a decision if he'll enter the NFL draft or return for his senior season, but joked how USF could increase the chances he returns. ...more

December 21, 2008

During this week's preparations for West Virginia's vaunted spread offense, not once did a University of South Florida defender manage to tackle the ball carrier. ...more

December 6, 2008

An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men. ...more

November 19, 2008