"Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire," by Elwin L. Page and Mike Pride (Concord Monitor, $27) ...more

December 6, 2009

Protect me from the lunatics The banter between Dallas Dunlap and his detractors on political issues and policies of our country can run between amusing and down right nasty. ...more

November 7, 2009

City officials are contemplating an increase in domestic and wastewater charges due to the successful conservation of water usage by city residents and the stagnant growth rate. ...more

April 16, 2009

Steve Chapman (Obama's 'My Pet Goat' Moment), so you are "appalled and disappointed" by what Barack Obama said? I, and I am sure many others, are appalled and disappointed by you and other bloviators such as Cal Thomas and Rush Limbaugh are doing your best to put a negative spin on anything the President-Elect says in a ridiculous attempt to somehow discredit him. The fact that he is a cautious and non-vindictive man, unlike the likes of you, does nothing to lend credence to your little temper tantrums over the right wing extremists being soundly defeated in recent elections. Had Mr. Obama immediately jumped in without doing a proper investigation into the matter, you would then be calling him a knee jerk. You are entitled to your opinion by those of us who believe in the Constitution (1st Amendment in this case) as does Mr. Obama. Not due to the actions of those who go out of their way to tear down everything done by good people who won't kowtow to them and their cronies. It would be absolutely absurd to expect that the Obama camp had not had contact with the Illinois governor. The question is whether there was any attempt to make an illicit deal concerning Sen. Obama's vacated Senate seat. ...more

December 19, 2008

Sharon Sprout's words about longtime boyfriend Tony Candiano might have seemed a bit strange when she uttered them back in early 2004. ...more

November 19, 2008

Dogs Need Their Space Regarding "More Dogs Down And Out" (Metro, Aug. 7): Thank you for alerting the public to the tragedy of local dogs dumped by their financially stressed owners. Sadly, many of these dogs could have happy, loving homes if not for the shortsighted practices of Golden Retriever Rescue of Mid-Florida, one of the subjects of your article. Their overly strict rules prevent lots of caring, responsible dog owners from adopting. ...more

August 15, 2008

Not Even In The Park Regarding "Rays Pitch Logical Finance Plan For Waterfront Ballpark In St. Pete" (Our Opinion, May 17): ...more

May 24, 2008

The Bush administration allowed CIA interrogators to use tactics that were "quite distressing, uncomfortable, even frightening," as long as they did not cause enough severe and lasting pain to constitute illegal torture, a senior Justice Department official said last week. ...more

February 18, 2008

Randy Merrill's article "Evolution Is Not Fact or Science" is another shot across the academic bow to force religious doctrine into physical science classes. The problem with that scenario is they are two different disciplines – one physical and the other metaphysical. It is a lot like teaching numerology in an algebra class. ...more

February 18, 2008

Shares of WellCare Health Plans continued to slump Thursday amid reports of the possible departure of its top three executives, and analysts at one Wall Street firm said they are not only expecting the housecleaning, but would not be surprised to see the sale of the company. ...more

January 25, 2008