Re: "It's your fault," by Charles Fisher in the Dec. 2 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

December 9, 2009

Reading the letter from Betty Prescott in the Nov. 4 edition of the Highlands Today only increased my feeling of gloom and despair about the way our country is speedily heading down the drain. I had heard the news about no Social Security increase for 2010. In the very next story, it was reported that Brother Obama has plans to send $7.5 billion in aid to Pakistan. ...more

November 23, 2009

I sat at a traffic light at State Road 60 and 22nd Street in Tampa on Thursday as law enforcement agencies escorted a hearse bearing the body of a soldier who had died in service to our country. He was home for burial. I arrived home a short time later and turned on the news to see that numerous brave souls awaiting deployment overseas were killed in Texas. ...more

November 7, 2009

South African authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them. ...more

May 31, 2009

Between the raised voices of protestors denouncing the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold a ban on same-sex marriages, the sugary melody of a familiar tune played. ...more

May 27, 2009

Pain needs a voice. We describe what hurts to the doctor and he gives us a prescription to fix it, or tells us what to do. Saying what hurts us makes it possible to get well, and we're all good at describing the symptoms. "I have a sharp pain on the left side of my stomach." "I see bright wavy lines that dance around for a few minutes and then my head throbs." ...more

March 18, 2009

Investors' despair about financial companies and the recession has brought the Dow Jones industrial average to another unwanted milestone: its first drop below 7,000 in more than 11 years. ...more

March 3, 2009

With spring fast approaching, this is a good time to catch up on some practical and fun how-to advice from garden experts. Here's my look at five new garden books. ...more

February 22, 2009

During a time when so many are facing hardship, Land O' Lakes artist Leonardo Villanueva just released a CD he is anticipating will bring the light of "hope" into people's hearts. ...more

February 18, 2009

Do you ever despair of making it through December with your faith intact? Are you tempted to walk away from the performance art Christmas has become? ...more

November 29, 2008