The following is a letter I sent to Congress in regard to Guantanamo Bay and the use of torture. Please support S. 147 and close Guantanamo Bay detention facility and restrict interrogation to the techniques in the Army Field Manual, as well as the other proposed changes, because it goes against what America stands for. ...more

January 14, 2009

Isn't it amazing how the reporting of the Iraq War ended with the election. It is enough to make one believe that the war against terrorism has come to a close. People, the news media in this country has gone beyond where our forefathers intended it to go. ...more

January 11, 2009

William Oehlecker of New Port Richey says don't blame President-elect Barack Obama for problems that result from the greed of all of us. ...more

January 7, 2009

Florida's speaker of the House, Ray Sansom, has bowed out of the cushy, $110,000-a-year job he was offered after steering millions of dollars to a Panhandle college. ...more

January 6, 2009

Michael N. Mattia of Tarpon Springs denounces city commissioners as the Bayou Barons for opposing Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19. ...more

December 27, 2008

This is in reference to Richard Nicks' letter entitled "Democracy For Sale" in the Dec. 17 edition of Hernando Today. He expresses his frustration and that of so many other Americans with the direction the leadership of our country has taken. ...more

December 19, 2008

Jade Moore, the face of the Pinellas County teachers union for more than three decades, died early Thursday. ...more

December 19, 2008

Every year lexicographers publish their annual list of of popular words or phrases they would like to see expunged from our lexicon. I have to admit "connect the dots" is getting a little wearisome for me. ...more

December 13, 2008

When I entered my voting precinct, I thought I had stepped back in time about 30 years. ...more

November 9, 2008

There's a TV commercial that's been going around for a while. I'm not sure how effective it is because I can't remember what they are trying to sell, but then that's not unusual these days. ...more

October 24, 2008