When I was in my 20s, I had an 11-foot sailboat that I would take out on a nearby lake in upstate New York. That was the extent of my "nautical knowledge" when my wife and I moved to Tampa in 2007. ...more

November 14, 2009

More Debt A Mistake It is government intervention in the mortgage industry that got us in this mess. How can they expect us to trust them to get us out by slamming more long-term debt? They just need to cut taxes. ...more

February 11, 2009

Nebraska Avenue looks like a garbage dump. Drive the stretch between Sligh and Fowler and count the number of second-hand stores, used tire shops and just plain piles of junk for sale. The stores along Nebraska are allowed to store their items outside 24 hours a day, seven days a week; it is, in essence, a 365-day yard sale. ...more

January 2, 2009

In October, Porsche announced that it had acquired a nearly 43 percent stake in Volkswagen with an option to buy 32 percent more. Without anybody noticing, Porsche, maker of scarcely 100,000 cars per year, had cornered a 75 percent position in VW, which cranks out nearly 6 million vehicles. ...more

November 27, 2008

Frustration levels have reached critical mass for the South Florida Community College volleyball team. ...more

October 4, 2008

Jason Cannon's foot looked to be on the bag at first, but the umpire called the runner safe and two batter's later the winning run crossed home plate, as Sebring lost an 8-7 heartbreaker to the West Seminole Nationals in the Dixie AAA (ages 9-10) state tournament late Tuesday night. ...more

July 9, 2008

In 2002, as evidence of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay began to mount, FBI agents at the base created a "war crimes file" to document accusations against American military personnel, but were eventually ordered to close the file, a Justice Department report disclosed Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

For a long time, the drug-abuse problems that tarnished the images of other professional sports rarely touched NASCAR. ...more

April 19, 2008

Freedom coach Jason Herring has preached to his team all season about execution. ...more

February 3, 2008

Valerie Iengo of Port Richey says the nation's economic problems are severe, contradicting Ernest Lane's letter "No Crisis." ...more

January 29, 2008