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

Earl Column Refreshing Re: Fran Earl's weekly column. ...more

May 13, 2008

A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a "pander bear" suit to crash a Sen. Hillary Clinton fundraiser at a Washington hotel. ...more

May 4, 2008

A year ago last March, the Republican National Committee had fun sending someone in a "pander bear" suit to crash a Hillary Clinton fundraiser at a Washington hotel. ...more

May 4, 2008

Courtney Clark and Stephanie Bikowski have shared a lifetime of special moments. ...more

February 13, 2008

Jason Smith of New Port Richey did not like the "hard-right slant" of op-ed page of Feb. 6 prints editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

February 9, 2008

Chalk another one up for the old folks. And the veterans. ...more

February 5, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday that a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidency would be a step back to the past, turning her husband's image of a bridge to the future against her. The former first lady decried the tenor of his comments in an interview with The Associated Press. ...more

January 31, 2008

Let's Make Some Deals From the Chicago Tribune: The president at the microphone Monday night for his final State of the Union address? Last month, 32 percent of the Americans surveyed told Gallup pollsters they approve of his performance. Those who disapprove: 65 percent. And the members of Congress arrayed before him? Their approval rating is 23 percent. That's better than the Ebola virus, but when their disapproval rating is 71 percent, you're nobody's heroes. ...more

January 30, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS – A memorial service and Divine Liturgy will take place, locally, for the spiritual leader of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, who died of cancer Monday at his home in Athens. He was 69. ...more

January 28, 2008