The talk these days is about the endgame in Afghanistan as in, "Is there one?" ...more

December 7, 2009

I don't have a story about where I was or what I was doing on Dec. 7, 1941, but I remember Pearl Harbor ... even though I wasn't even born yet. ...more

December 6, 2009

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." ...more

December 5, 2009

First, it was Vietnam, which tore our country apart, ruined LBJ's presidency and stunted an entire generation, not to mention the enormous casualties. Then it was Iraq, and all that happened there, which tainted the Bush years. Now it's Afghanistan, "the graveyard of empires," where we have already spent nearly eight fruitless years. ...more

December 5, 2009

The rising sun over the Koolau Mountains cast a glow upon the ballistic missiles planted on the lawn of a submarine museum at the edge of Pearl Harbor, throwing long shadows across the water. They pointed at the bone-white memorial to the USS Arizona and, just beyond it, at the still-floating battleship Missouri, about to leave her pier. ...more

November 8, 2009

A 1946 Burgert Brothers' photograph was among key evidence persuading city officials that beer, wine and liquor can flow freely at The Retreat, an upscale bar catering to young professionals. A particular memory of property owner Nicholas Massari goes back even further to a famous day in history: the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. ...more

January 28, 2009

The question remains one of the most revealing in American history: What were you doing when you heard about Pearl Harbor? The answers tell us much about Tampa more than 67 years ago. ...more

January 18, 2009

Otho Eugene Hays' grandson described him as a "tough old bird." ...more

January 8, 2009

In the dark days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, America needed a hero. ...more

December 23, 2008

Part 1 of 2 On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, newspaper boys hawked Sunday's heavy editions with special urgency. The first Sunday in December marked the opening of the high season, the unofficial beginning of winter and the arrival of the first tourists. ...more

December 14, 2008