At a paid motivational speech in Fort Worth, Texas, President George W. Bush urged listeners to stand by their beliefs. ...more

October 28, 2009

George W. Bush is scheduled to headline an upcoming business seminar in Fort Worth as part of a series of motivational speeches by the former president. ...more

October 23, 2009

Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by U.S. forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. ...more

March 19, 2009

What would compel someone to wake up at 4:30 in the morning, face heavy traffic, and stand outside in 15-degree weather with pushy crowds all to see an event that would probably have been more enjoyable in the comfort of one's own home? For many that trekked to our nation's capitol, all the stress and hassle was tolerated for the sake of a memory, a sort of "I was there" confirmation. ...more

January 28, 2009

A recent Op-Ed column was written by Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald, and reprinted in Highlands Today and other papers. The title of Pitt's opinion column was "Eagerly Awaiting History's Verdict." In his column he hoped that President Bush would live a long life to see all of the mistakes that he had made. The idea is that the future, then history, would surely show him what, in Pitts' own words "an awful president you were." ...more

January 21, 2009

The Real Issue On Roads Regarding the editorial "Expensive Road Study Defies Logic," Jan. 11, I appreciate your additional insight into the ongoing Lithia-Pinecrest study and the problem with continuing the study all the way down to County Road 39. ...more

January 15, 2009

Dungy Is Class Act Tony Dungy. Colin Powell. Barack Obama. Warrick Dunn. Condoleezza Rice. Derrick Brooks. What do all of these people have in common? They are all class acts. All put others above self. And all are people the rest of us can look up to and emulate. ...more

January 14, 2009

I am no fan of George W. Bush but I agree with your Dec. 17 editorial. George Bush has made any mistakes during his second term; a term he should never have been re-elected to. Those who voted for his re-election obviously were not paying attention to what was going on around them. On the other hand he really had no opposition. ...more

December 21, 2008

The Rays' ascendance in 2008 has opened plenty of doors for the franchise and its most prominent members. Joe Maddon figures he might as well do his best to take full advantage of it. ...more

December 14, 2008

I hope the people know what they voted for in this election? First of all they voted for a socialist and communist (taken from Karl Marx.) Obama is also associated with Colin Powell, who pulled our troops out of Desert Storm without finishing it. He (Colin Powell) was the one who misinformed President Bush about the weapons of mass destruction that caused us to invade Iraq. ...more

November 8, 2008