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  • Countering Obama's attack on religion in our nation

    The White House's arrogant demand that even Catholic institutions must cover contraception in their health care plans is a threat to religious liberty and illustrates the dangerous overreach of Obamacare.

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  • Give tax swindlers reason to be afraid

    Any honest taxpayer would dread an IRS audit, yet the cheats stealing billions from the overworked tax agency don't appear worried about getting caught.

  • Virtual disaster at appraiser office

    Even if you believe every word of Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Rob Turner's account of sending pornographic emails to an employee, it's impossible to maintain confidence in his judgment or credibility.

  • Fierce reaction to an outrageous crime

    Watching the video of four young thugs beating a MacDill Air Force Base officer on an Interbay street is genuinely stomach-turning.

  • Building pride and success

    In homogenized America, with its chain stores and chain restaurants lining standardized roads full of similar cars, big investments in distinctive projects deserve notice. The best of these improvements merit applause, which is why the Hillsborough City-County Planning Commission for the 30th year has hosted an awards ceremony to praise the year's best additions.

  • Gainful jobs' evolution in Tampa

    Six years ago, anybody who could hammer nails or saw boards could get a job building houses in and around Hillsborough County.

  • Appreciating our military personnel

    In March 2011 Allied nations resolved to stop the troops of Libya's tyrant Moammar Gadhafi from slaughtering civilians in his desperate bid to hold onto power.

  • Testing obsession

    If the state wanted to destroy confidence in its school accountability efforts, its FCAT writing test was an enormous success.

  • When banks' bets go bad

    Shareholders attending JPMorgan Chase's annual meeting in Tampa Tuesday would have been happier if the bank had not just lost more than $2 billion in a deal designed to reduce risk, but as a group they were forgiving.

  • A perfect place for a museum

    Tampa's baseball history is as deep as any other city's in the country, and to honor it with a baseball museum is a grand idea. That the attraction will be called the Al Lopez Baseball Museum and eventually could be housed in Lopez's boyhood home in Ybor City make it a true home run.

  • Marching to infamy

    Florida A&M University ignored reports of abuse within its renowned marching band and protected a culture of indulgence.

  • Cryptic Congress

    The partisan fight over the small difference between 3.4 percent and 6.8 reveals many reasons taxpayers of all ideologies are disgusted with Congress.

  • A sensible approach to immigration

    United States immigration issues are so complex and divisive that when a lawmaker poses a sensible solution to at least one problem area, Congress would be foolish not to adopt it.

  • Keeping the pressure on criminal predators

    Last year, while Florida's crime rate dropped a miniscule .1 percent, Hillsborough County's plummeted 15 percent. In the last three years alone, Hillsborough's crime rate dropped roughly 40 percent.

  • Fertilizer ban cuts pollution and costs

    Ads on a couple of HART buses now remind Tampa residents that fertilizer use will be largely banned in the city during the summer rainy months.

  • New course for Florida Aquarium

    Mayor Bob Buckhorn does not exaggerate when he calls The Florida Aquarium a key factor in "the resurgence of downtown." That may even understate its role.

  • Working to save a friend

    We hope the plan to save Friendship TrailBridge proves to be realistic, but even if further analysis finds flaws, the private citizens who labored to devise a way to spare the old Gandy Bridge deserve praise.

  • Obamacare's threat to the nation's employers

    It is no surprise the Republican majority in the U.S. House would produce a report highly critical of President Obama's health care law. But it is significant that the powerful evidence it offers against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act came from companies on the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which Obama created to provide advice on boosting the economy.

  • Terrorists seek an opening

    The al-Qaida plot to bomb a jetliner emphasizes the war on terror is far from over.

  • Chopping higher education

    There always is debate about what should be done to attract new businesses and bolster economic development. But one investment has consistently proved its ability to create jobs, build wealth and generate new enterprises: higher education.

  • The governor goes public

    Give Gov. Rick Scott credit for offering unprecedented public assess to government records.

  • License renewal headaches

    Our letter writers frequently and understandably fume about the elaborate paperwork involved when renewing their driver's licenses.

  • Saving more cats and dogs

    The quest to find ways to save the lives of many thousands more animals that arrive at the Hillsborough County pound each year is not controversial.

  • The new Buccaneer Men

    It's highly unlikely that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' newest undrafted college free agent, Eric LeGrand, ever will play in the National Football League.

  • A stretch in Afghanistan

    President Obama's pre-dawn speech in Afghanistan this week confirmed America's politically popular withdrawal from that conflict. But he remained upbeat only by avoiding the tough questions and complexities.

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