As President Obama's socialized health care bill moves toward final passage, what can we expect in 2010? ...more

January 6, 2010

We're either on the verge of a new era in transparency in the federal government — or we're not. ...more

December 27, 2009

As we end a turbulent year that will go down in history for many reasons, some good and some not so good, it appears that President Barack Obama and his administration, as well as the American people have some thing to be thankful for. ...more

December 26, 2009

Once again on the television and in the newspapers we hear and read the words "we inherited the problem" from the Bush administration. These people need to be taken out back to the wood shed and have their backsides blistered for lying to and disrespecting the people. Note to the Democratic congressmen and women: You cannot "inherit" something from yourself. ...more

December 18, 2009

A Pinellas County doctor who was Iraq's health minister is suing The Washington Post, accusing the paper of libel for a story describing allegations of corruption against him when he ran the Iraqi Red Crescent. ...more

December 1, 2009

Obviously, Dallas Dunlap has come out from under his rock to harass people and sour milk whenever he appears. ...more

November 27, 2009

Official runaround Editor: It seems the more officials you contact the more one gets a runaround. The county sees fit to devalue property and then devalue the homestead exemption on top of that. Why? ...more

November 21, 2009

Before starting college in 2008, my sister, Ti-Anna, spent a year in Washington advocating for our father, Wang Bingzhang, a political prisoner in China. She accomplished a great deal: She met influential politicians and policymakers and even had an op-ed published in January. ...more

November 17, 2009

After nearly 40 years on the brink of extinction, the brown pelican is coming off the endangered species list. The bird, now prevalent across Florida and the Gulf and Pacific coasts, was declared an endangered species in 1970, after its population was devastated by the use of the pesticide DDT. The pelican's recovery is largely due to a 1972 ban on the chemical. ...more

November 11, 2009

Some questions I would like someone to explain to me why we are still in Iraq. President Bush told us it was to remove a human rights-violating dictator and to destroy his weapons of mass destruction. The dictator is dead. No WMDs were found. But we are still there. Obama promised change but has not delivered. ...more

November 9, 2009