TAMPA - The Democratic National Committee voted Aug. 25 to punish Florida for scheduling its Jan. 29 primary earlier than party rules allow, and stripped all its convention delegates. Since then, 17,808 Hillsborough voters switched political parties, a Tribune analysis of party-switching data shows. ...more

December 31, 2007

How illegal immigration was stopped in 1954 Many of our citizens believe that we cannot get rid of the millions of illegal immigrants we now have in our country and eliminate the cost and problems they cause. Fortunately, President Eisenhower showed us how to do it in 1954 and it worked for many years. ...more

November 28, 2007

John Russell considers himself a loyal Democrat. The former Republican changed his party affiliation and voted against then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election. Since then, he has been a vehement critic of the Bush administration's policies on the war in Iraq, health care, energy and national security. ...more

October 18, 2007

As I watch the tube and listen to all of the promises from all of the candidates for the big job, I begin to think that it really doesn't matter which one gets elected. Regardless of party affiliation and regardless of past performance, they all promise me that when they get the job, it will be performed to everyone's satisfaction. Some of them admit to little mistakes in the past, but promise me that this will never happen again (it was someone else's fault anyway.) Imagine that you are the personnel director of a large firm and you are reviewing an applicant's resume. From the information on his past work record, you find that if you hire this guy, he would make one of the best janitors that money can buy. But if he can perform as well as he promises, your worries will be over and life will be a bowl of cherries. After reviewing several more applications, you find one that has already accomplished most of the things the other guy promised. ...more

September 29, 2007