Get The Point? I am a Republican, and very conservative. In fact, I'm even more on the right than Rush Limbaugh! ...more

August 6, 2008

"Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson," by William McKeen (Norton, $27.95) ...more

July 27, 2008

The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home, but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet. ...more

July 3, 2008

Rely only on facts, not Internet rumor, in deciding who to vote for in the 2008 presidential election, says Carolyn Dundas of New Port Richey. ...more

June 28, 2008

Newsmagazine "60 Minutes" ran a story the other night on a 23-year-old Army gunner on his second tour in Iraq who says he was ostracized, denied promotions and discriminated against because he refused to participate in a prayer circle with fellow soldiers. The name calling and physical threats got so bad he was assigned a bodyguard. ...more

May 31, 2008

Somewhere during my formative years my educational growth stumbled. At least in the opinion of some legislatures and political correctiveists. Somehow the concept of evolution not only didn't appear contrary to my religious upbringing it seemed logical and rational. ...more

May 17, 2008

Throughout my formative years, my father passed on to me many valuable lessons and words of wisdom that he learned as a child and accumulated through adulthood. ...more

February 22, 2008

Open for only four years, the Greater Palm Harbor Branch YMCA needs to expand to give members more space to exercise, workout, dance and mingle. That's why construction began earlier this month on a $2.15 million expansion and remodeling of the YMCA facility. ...more

February 1, 2008

TAMPA - Richard "Dick" Bowers, whose leadership helped to build the athletic programs at the University of South Florida during their formative years and who threw himself into charitable endeavors since then, died unexpectedly this morning. He was 77 years old and he died with his wife of 48 years and two children at his side. ...more

November 29, 2007