To a nation reeling from recession and facing long-festering problems, President Barack Obama has a simple reminder: "We are not quitters." ...more

February 25, 2009

Bob Greene, one of the world's best-known nutritionists, wants you to know slip-ups and the urge to quit are normal. ...more

December 31, 2008

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Saturday accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of favoring a socialistic economic approach by supporting tax cuts and tax credits McCain says would merely shuffle wealth rather than creating it. ...more

October 18, 2008

John McCain is on course to lose the presidential election to Barack Obama. Can he turn it around, and surge to victory? ...more

September 30, 2008

For once, a Department of Children and Families chief is leaving too soon. ...more

July 30, 2008

in the aftermath of his son's notorious no-contest plea for reckless driving - Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) let it be known that teenager Nick was nicer than the way he portrayed himself on the reality TV show "Hogan Knows Best." In fact, Bollea revealed - in contrast to what he had said previously - that much of what passed for the inane dynamics of "reality" was, in actuality, scripted. ...more

June 6, 2008

Arizona Sen. John McCain has promised straight talk in his latest bid for the White House, and his blunt and pragmatic message on the issues has been gaining momentum as the candidates move through the 2008 primary season. Members of The Tampa Tribune's editorial board caught up with McCain by telephone on Jan. 11 as he campaigned in South Carolina for a wide-ranging interview on the issues as we prepared to deliver our endorsement in Florida's Republican primary. ...more

January 20, 2008

It took courage for Pinellas School Board member Nancy Bostock to go public with the heartbreak faced by adoptive families who struggle to raise children damaged by abuse or neglect. ...more

October 26, 2007

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is troubled by the Iraq war. He thinks it has become such a consuming focus of U.S. attention that it may be overstretching the military and distracting the nation from other threats. ...more

October 1, 2007