Kevin Beckner pleaded with his fellow Hillsborough County commissioners Thursday to break the restraints of the past and reopen the issue of providing health care benefits for the unmarried domestic partners of county employees. ...more

January 23, 2009

In the first year of his presidency George W. Bush was forced to confront the crisis of global terrorism. He responded by aggrandizing his power as president under the theory of a "unitary executive." The controversial and thoroughly repudiated policies that resulted, including warrantless surveillance of Americans' phone conversations, torture, and disregard for the basic constitutional rights of detainees, represented the most sweeping assertion of unchecked executive power in generations. ...more

January 3, 2009

The upcoming leader of the free world has spoken – albeit mildly – on behalf of a college football playoff system. ...more

November 23, 2008

Over the past year, Sun City Center has entertained several high-profile political figures including Sen. John McCain and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. ...more

November 5, 2008

2:06 p.m.:An optical scanner had to be replaced soon after polls opened at the Wellswood Baptist Church in Tampa, according to a poll worker. ...more

November 4, 2008

France has had contacts with the leaders of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas "for several months," French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday. ...more

May 20, 2008

At first I did not think Fox News was racial, until Barak Obama started beating Hillary Clinton in the primary elections. But I certainly do now. ...more

May 7, 2008

Longtime Florida Panhandle lawman Guy Tunnell took fire from critics statewide in 2006 when he compared the Rev. Jesse Jackson to outlaw Jesse James and Barak Obama to terrorist Osama bin Laden. ...more

December 30, 2007