Hospital Days Crusade The Shriners of the Highlands Shrine Club and Shriners everywhere would like to express their appreciation for all the businesses and people who contributed to our Hospital Days Crusade from Oct. 28-Nov. 7. ...more

November 23, 2009

Edgar Cronin's letter of June 21, titled "Obama's Crusade," was very timely and insightful. In reference to his third point, "Provide funding for embryonic stem cell research," I would like to submit the following comment. This funding would not only be wrong but ridiculous, since adult stem cell research and umbilical cord research have resulted in at least 29 cures to date, as opposed to zero, nada cures to date by embryonic stem cell research. Of course embryonic stem cell research involves the taking of a life. This would indicate that the expenditures of our hard earned tax dollars would be better spent by putting them exclusively into adult stem cell and umbilical cord research. ...more

June 25, 2009

Mark Teixeira found out quickly what life would be like on his new team when he reported to New York Yankees camp last week at Steinbrenner Field. He had signed an eight-year, $180 million contract over the winter, one of three premier free agents that cost the Yanks about half a billion big ones. ...more

February 25, 2009

Randy Goggin of New Port Richey says passage of Proposition 2 puts drive by homosexuals to transform marriage is on hold. ...more

November 19, 2008

A grandfather is a special gift for those of us lucky enough to be blessed with one or two. ...more

October 4, 2008

No other country puts as much emphasis on "freedom" as the United States. Patrick Henry demanded "liberty or death." The national anthem calls America "the land of the free." Great reformers from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King have urged America to live up to its ideal of "freedom." When a group of French Americanophiles wanted to flatter the United States, they sent the Statue of Liberty. ...more

May 18, 2008

LifeSouth will host a blood drive on Wednesday, May 14 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Sam's Club Shopping Center, located at 13378 Cortez Blvd. The event theme is "Raiders of the Lost Artery" and LifeSouth invites donors to dodge the boulder, crack the whip and get in the chair to save a life. This crusade for blood donors is sponsored by Quiznos. ...more

May 13, 2008

If you get a telephone call from a real estate broker today, don't get excited, they're not looking to sell or buy your home; they just want your vote. ...more

January 27, 2008

John Edwards bought himself a Senate seat with the proceeds of a $25 million lawsuit and has been running for president ever since. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Shriners of the Highlands Shrine Club, and Shriners everywhere, would like to thank all the businesses and people who contributed to our Hospital Days Crusade on Nov. 16 and 17. Monies collected once each year go to support The Shriners children's hospitals around the country and in Mexico and Canada. This year marks 85 years the Shriners have operated these hospitals at no charge for any child who is under the age of 18. ...more

January 1, 2008