In his letter of Feb. 24, "Shovel-ready jobs in jeopardy?" Roy Betts repeats words often used by those who favor a government-controlled health care system, namely, " ... 45,000 Americans who normally die every year because they don't have health insurance ..." ...more

February 27, 2010

Discontented citizen As a newcomer to Brooksville, I have never been so dissatisfied with an area of this country that I have lived in as I am with the county and city of Brooksville and its officials. ...more

February 25, 2010

City Manager Greg Horwedel said he would like to reopen a lane of Alexander Street closed by a depression before the Florida Strawberry Festival opens on March 4. ...more

February 6, 2010

North and South Korean officials held talks today on a joint industrial complex just days after the North renewed tensions between the neighbors by firing artillery toward their disputed sea border. ...more

January 31, 2010

Arthur Hayhoe's recent admonishment of the Pasco legislative delegation (final column derived from that Tuesday meeting - promise!) regarding Florida's so-called "Stand Your Ground" law received a substantial blow Thursday, and it came from an appropriate location - the jury room of a New Port Richey courthouse. ...more

January 31, 2010

Hoping to rescue his prized health care overhaul and revive his presidency as well, Barack Obama appealed in his State of the Union address for support for the plan that is in severe danger in Congress, urging dispirited Democrats not to abandon the effort. ...more

January 27, 2010

Two first-half goals by Matt Brown and the 12th clean sheet of the season for goalkeeper Brandon Stout gave Sickles a return trip to the final of the Wharton Invitational with a 2-0 victory against King on Wednesday night. ...more

January 21, 2010

I've been watching in the shadows for too long, hoping that others would fight the good fight for me so that I wouldn't have to. I can no longer do this. My eyes are open and what I see sends chills down my spine. ...more

January 20, 2010

or at least those of them motivated enough to vote - choose a senator to fill the three years remaining in the term of Edward Kennedy, who held the seat for 47 years. ...more

January 18, 2010

We are less than one week from closing the book on this year and watching Ryan Seacrest usher us into 2010. ...more

December 27, 2009