I will likely vote for John McCain, but certainly not because of the column you published by Mr. Stover. He makes it sound like Senator Obama has secretive close ties with a terrorist fugitive named Bill Ayers. This is utter nonsense. Billy Ayers was one of many thousands of militants who railed at American government in the 1960s. Yes, he was prominent in the Weathermen, and yes, he set off a bomb under a statue, but that was over 40 years ago when Obama was perhaps in third grade, and he has apparently mellowed a bit like almost all radicals of his generation. The Bill Ayers with whom Obama has had only limited contact is now a "Distinguished Professor" at the University of Chicago. It is the Bill Ayers picked by Chicago's Mayor Daly to set up an educational reform program in the Windy City, funded by a $50 million grand from the prestigious Annenberg Foundation. ...more

September 15, 2008

John Beamer, a Boston-based management consultant, writes about the economics of baseball for The Hardball Times, an online baseball magazine (hardballtimes .com). Beamer recently answered a Tribune reporter's questions about the value of the Tampa Bay Rays, now that they have achieved a winning season, and how major league teams are valued overall. ...more

September 6, 2008

Everyday Blessings sits on 72 acres off of U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa, taking care of children and finding places for those hurt by abuse and neglect. The heart and soul of the operation is Sister Claire LeBoeuf. ...more

August 13, 2008

Everyday Blessings sits on 72 acres off of U.S. 301 in Thonotosassa, taking care of children and finding places for those hurt by abuse and neglect. The heart and soul of the operation is Sister Claire LeBoeuf. ...more

August 6, 2008

SARASOTA - The Herald-Tribune announced cost-saving measures Tuesday that will result in 33 employees losing their jobs as the media company - like most across the nation - continues to struggle in a flagging economy. ...more

August 5, 2008

Seems like a stupid enough question. Of course we care about schools. Aren't we spending numbers that now are in the billions on education? Isn't the state government obsessed with fiddling with the school system? Isn't the University of Florida now the No. 1 party school in the country? Obviously we care about something. ...more

August 1, 2008

Hernando County Commissioners still don't get it. Neither, apparently, does our new county administrator. ...more

July 19, 2008

Trump Tower Tampa buyers with $3.6 million in deposits held in escrow might get that money back. And the lawsuit involving Donald Trump and a local developer who failed to build the tower can move forward, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008

Trump Tower Tampa buyers, with $3.6 million in deposits held in escrow, might get that money back. And the lawsuit involving Donald Trump and a local developer who failed to build the tower can move forward, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled today. ...more

July 18, 2008

Box-office flops are supposed to be unavoidable in the up-and-down movie business. Even Will Smith has an occasional "The Legend of Bagger Vance" on his resume. ...more

June 28, 2008