If you want to avoid being the only one at church 60 minutes early tomorrow morning, remember to set your clock back one hour before going to bed tonight. ...more

November 1, 2008

Everyday I check out the editorials in the Highlands Today. I can't wait to read the letters submitted to the editor. Some of them make for interesting reading, while some of them are just meaningless ramblings. The letter from Bill Ross in Sunday's edition was one of those. Reading it over several times, it was hard to figure out the point he was trying to get across. He rambled on from George Bush to McCain and Palin. Then on to JFK and Cassius Clay. For the life of me I could not figure out why he had Clay included in that list of political powerhouses. What has he accomplished that rates him up there with those who have made a difference? ...more

November 1, 2008

I wonder how many readers remember how and why the United States became involved in the costly Iraq disaster? We entered that war because of what some have called the "big lie," fabricated by Colin Powell, the retired army general turned secretary of state. ...more

October 27, 2008

I looked it up, and our household income has doubled since George Bush took office in 2000. We have a mortgage, some credit card debt and a student loan to pay back, but we do a budget each month and try very hard to stick to it. My wife went back to school, with a student loan, to become a teacher, a profession that requires her to give much more than she receives (in money). ...more

October 26, 2008

Perhaps the only institution in America whose approval rating is beneath that of Congress is the media. ...more

October 25, 2008

My top 10 reasons to vote for McCain: 1. Corporate welfare isn't socialism, just a helping hand for capitalists. ...more

October 24, 2008

•WHERE: Tacoma, Wash. •MESSAGE: A Barack Obama administration would help the middle class by cutting its taxes, answering Republican claims that Obama's plan represented redistribution of wealth. He repeatedly linked McCain to President Bush's tax policies, saying that the wealthy and big corporations have received millions of dollars in tax cuts that could have gone to the middle class and small businesses. ...more

October 20, 2008

Challenging 38-year incumbent C.W. Bill Young for Congress is daunting, but Dunedin Mayor Bob Hackworth thinks he has the key. ...more

October 19, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama opened the final leg of the presidential campaign by returning to a familiar strategy on Thursday: Linking Republican opponent John McCain to the unpopular incumbent. ...more

October 17, 2008

Republican John McCain may have stayed on the offensive during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama, but for the last 19 days of the presidential campaign he will be playing nothing but defense. ...more

October 17, 2008