Ballast Point Elementary School observed Veterans Day on Tuesday with an assembly and program to salute the service and efforts of members of the nation's armed forces. ...more

November 11, 2009

Here's a chance to help courageous kids who are battling cancer feel like kings and queens. ...more

July 11, 2009

The Obama administration is reversing an 18-year ban on news coverage of the return of war dead, allowing photographs of flag-covered caskets when families of the fallen troops agree, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. ...more

February 27, 2009

Not long ago we had a bunch of aspiring pols begging for our votes and promising to give us the world in a hand basket if we would vote for them, right? Well guess what? We voted them into the place of their dreams so wouldn't it seem fair that in exchange for our little efforts, some of them should now come out of hiding and listen to us poor saps that listened to them? My question is this, why is it that when I look at the daily market reports on the price of oil, I see it dropping almost every day, but when I go to fill up at our local pumps the price jumps a little bit almost every day! Something is wrong in Denmark, was an old saying. Something is wrong in Highlands County should be the new saying. ...more

February 7, 2009

Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl halftime performance provoked some of the most divided opinions I've heard recently. ...more

February 6, 2009

so let's not get carried away with kudos for the driver of that aircraft. ...more

January 21, 2009

Today I received a letter from someone who calls herself Abbie. I believe this is the second letter I've gotten from the mysterious Abbie. I suppose Abbie was upset about something I wrote to the Editor. At any rate, Abbie didn't bother to give me her return address; perhaps she had not the courage to do so. Turning to the phone directory I could find no such person listed. As someone said long ago, "I don't believe there is such a person." ...more

January 11, 2009

In the land of the free and the home of the brave, we are fortunate and privileged to have the cream of the puff in our law enforcement officers. ...more

December 21, 2008

USF and our wonderful Bulls continue to shine in our hearts! ...more

December 11, 2008

Twenty-seven children undergoing cancer treatment and their families experienced a private air show at MacDill Air Force Base today, complete with paratroopers and tours of airplanes. ...more

December 6, 2008