It is important for the public to understand that considerable misinformation has been purposefully disseminated by some clerks of court of the state of Florida as a result of certain legislation proposed this legislative session. The proposed bills seek to remove some duties from the clerks and transfer them to the judiciary and to require the clerks to undergo the same budgetary process that the judicial branch, state attorney, public defender and the remaining entities in state government are required to undergo. ...more

March 28, 2009

Americans have been taught that crime does not pay. ...more

February 6, 2009

The Federal Reserve cut its target for a key interest rate to the lowest level on record Tuesday and pledged to use "all available tools" to combat a severe financial crisis and prolonged recession. STORY, Page 13 ...more

December 17, 2008

How Do We Properly Educated Our Children? Mr. Gries' letter defending his wife and the teaching community was a perfect example of the meaning of my letter to the editor! Forget the kids, save my wife. ...more

December 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, came to Washington and did what people with young children usually do before moving. They looked at their new house, and then Mrs. Obama checked out the school choices for their daughters. ...more

November 15, 2008

Few documents changed the world more than the Constitution of the United States. Prior to the United States' Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Constitution, people had for centuries lived in countries without personal rights and without a democratic form of government. All that changed when the Constitutional Convention adopted the United States Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, in Philadelphia. ...more

September 14, 2008

Now that the political conventions are over and the presidential campaign is in full swing, it's time for my quadrennial civics lesson. After listening to the two candidates' acceptance speeches, they might need a refresher course themselves. ...more

September 14, 2008

Regarding "Gore Sets Goal On Fossil Fuels" (Nation/World, July 18): I have often differed with Al Gore, but this time I totally agree with him. We must cut our dependency on fossil fuels and start today if we are to continue as a nation and as a world leader. There are many renewable sources of energy: wind power, water power from falls and rivers, tidal power, wave power, solar power, nuclear power and others not yet explored or considered. ...more

July 23, 2008

As I watched the returns on Super Tuesday, one of the campaign-rally interviews stuck out. "It's the most exciting presidential race, certainly in my lifetime," said a 60-year-old woman in New York City. ...more

February 10, 2008

The dispute over Indiana's voter identification law that is headed to the Supreme Court next week is as much a partisan political drama as a legal tussle. ...more

December 31, 2007