No one likes them. And no one wants to be accused of defending them. But state Sen. Dave Aronberg figured that even the most vilified members of society shouldn't be living under bridges, as a group of Miami sex offenders was doing last year because strict local laws eliminated almost all housing options for them. ...more

May 12, 2008

Memorial Day is upon us again, while our American troops wage war on two fronts. We live in strange times here in the United States. ...more

May 9, 2008

President Bush and Congress are clashing over how to address the housing crisis, clouding the prospects of an election-year rescue package. ...more

May 8, 2008

Comic and political pundit Bill Maher takes the stage at Ruth Eckerd Hall on Saturday night fresh off a controversy involving things he said about the pope and just ahead of a summer film that takes on religious beliefs in general. ...more

May 8, 2008

Voter excitement, always increased by a presidential election, is pushing registration through the roof so far this year, with more than 3.5 million people rushing to join in the historic balloting, according to an Associated Press survey that offers the first national snapshot. ...more

May 6, 2008

For the first time since 1984, Democrats have edged past Republicans in voter registration in Pinellas County, considered by some to be the birthplace of the Florida Republican Party. ...more

May 3, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has an idea for making health care insurance more affordable. The job, however, is more than a state can handle on its own. ...more

February 23, 2008

Democrats nationwide are worried that the nearly tied nomination battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama is headed for a disputed outcome, threatening their chances to win November's election. ...more

February 16, 2008

Harsh interrogations and Guantanamo Bay, secret prisons and warrantless eavesdropping, the war against al-Qaida and the one in Iraq. On issue after issue, President Bush has showed little indication that he will shrink from the most controversial decisions of his tenure. ...more

February 12, 2008

Using Tax Dollars To Fund Re-election Today, I received for the second time in the past 30 days a full color 11-by-17-inch mailer from District 5 U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite. It has been my observation that Ginny prefers to save her "franking" for election years, having received perhaps one or two throughout all of 2007. Ah... but 2008 is an election year, is it not? ...more

February 11, 2008