A federal judge this morning denied a new trial for a video producer convicted in June of distributing obscene materials. ...more

July 28, 2008

The Justice Department agreed Friday to pay biological-weapons expert Steven Hatfill a settlement valued at $5.85 million to drop a lawsuit he filed after then-Attorney General John Ashcroft named him a "person of interest" in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks. ...more

June 28, 2008

One momentous case down, another equally historic decision to go. The Supreme Court returns to the bench today with 17 cases still unresolved, including its first-ever comprehensive look at the Second Amendment's right to bear arms. ...more

June 16, 2008

Most improvements make matters worse because most new ideas are regrettable, including this not-quite-new one from John McCain's speech depicting how improved America will be after four years of him: "I will ask Congress to grant me the privilege of coming before both houses to take questions, and address criticism, much the same as the prime minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons." ...more

May 30, 2008

Once again, politics is rearing its ugly and menacing head in the arena of national security. ...more

February 15, 2008

Backward Steps Regarding "Explosive Issues," letters, Monday: Arthur Hayhoe is trying to compare apples and oranges. The Second Amendment to our Bill of Rights acknowledges the right of the people to keep and bear arms. ...more

January 16, 2008

Regarding the Tribune editorial, "Bright House Snubs Public Good" (Our Opinion, Dec. 13): ...more

December 25, 2007

FORT MYERS - Sex offenders in Lee County will be charged to register with the state, which they are required to do by law. ...more

December 5, 2007

The Hernando County School Board is not giving up control of the district's charter schools. ...more

November 25, 2007

Mireya de los Santos has left her three girls just once. She went to register this spring with a probation officer after pleading guilty to driving - repeatedly - without a license. The probation officer alerted immigration officials, who started deportation proceedings against her. ...more

November 13, 2007