Religious problem In a recent letter ("Secular statistics," Letters, Jan 24), Jack Labus stated that atheists are responsible for more deaths than all religious persecution combined. What baseless drivel. ...more

January 26, 2010

It's hard to watch perfect strangers drive recklessly. But what do you do when you know the person tearing up the road? ...more

January 20, 2010

It's hard to watch perfect strangers drive recklessly. But what do you do when you know the person tearing up the road? ...more

January 20, 2010

The 3,650 days that will have brought us to 11:59 on the last day of the decade mark the end of this chapter known as the 00s. Reviewing the path that brought us to the verge of 2010 has allowed us limited accessibility into hindsight. Because 10 years is but a thread of the overall tapestry, framing the culmination of a decade into the less epochal mindset of watching the ball drop is more prevalent and doubtless easier than accepting it as the end of an era. Time flows. Like water in a current racing toward the sea, each event in real time becomes the backdrop for the bigger picture of the future. ...more

December 31, 2009

In 1964 I was commissioned a second lieutenant and navigator in the U.S. Air Force. I was assigned to the Strategic Air Command, and my first training assignment was to the Arctic Survival Escape & Evasion School at Stead AFB, Reno, Nev. ...more

May 14, 2009

When Michelle Venezia ran onto the stage, she clutched a lanyard with a photo of her late classmate Andrew Altringer. ...more

March 27, 2009

Forget religious preferences or racial divides. What you consider safe for your child is the single-most divisive issue facing parents. ...more

February 24, 2009

The University of South Florida associate vice president caught on a security tape taking a student's bicycle has rescinded his resignation from USF. ...more

February 20, 2009

"John Lennon: The Life," by Philip Norman (Ecco, $35) ...more

January 11, 2009

The History of Rails Regarding "Trains Could Save Car Manufacturers" (Letters, Jan. 3) by Dianne Agster: ...more

January 10, 2009