Mr. Beadle, first let me congratulate you on being so well informed on the goings on at the Avon Park Bombing Range. By the way, the name "Bombing Range" should be a hint. The sound that you hear, sir, is the sound of freedom. Jets flying at Mach 2 or better generate a sonic boom. Would you rather those jets bear the mark of the stars and stripes, or a crescent moon? And would you like the Air Force public relations people let you, and everyone else on the planet, know how they are preparing for the next attack on our country, or to not so quietly go about their business? My guess is that you migrated south to our great state from some well insulated Midwestern cave. ...more

November 15, 2007

U.S. defense officials have signaled that up-to-date attack plans are available if needed in the escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear aims, although no strike appears imminent. ...more

November 9, 2007

Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards sharply challenged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's candor, consistency and judgment Tuesday in a televised debate that underscored her front-runner status two months before the first presidential primary votes. ...more

October 31, 2007

Mr. Streeter's latest tirade against President Bush is, like his previous ones, utter nonsense. This country is not provoking Iran. It is they who are doing the provoking. They are the ones who are killing Americans every day. I have never heard of American roadside bombs killing Iranians. Why does Iran need nuclear weapons? If we are paying $90 a barrel for oil, it seems to me that we are doing a lousy job of "controlling and stealing" it. ...more

October 31, 2007

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday that he had no evidence Iran is working actively to build nuclear weapons and expressed concern that escalating rhetoric from the United States could bring disaster. ...more

October 29, 2007

Attention, late-night talk show hosts: Vice President Dick Cheney is going hunting again. ...more

October 27, 2007

U.S. Marines have just deployed the V-22 Osprey to Iraq despite serious questions about the vertical-landing aircraft's safety and utility. ...more

October 16, 2007

Bill Fanning of Hudson says spineless Republicans should be replaced in 2008 with Democrats or Republicans with spines. ...more

October 10, 2007

If the Bush administration has its way, we will forever be in a wartime state, allowing Dick Cheney to continue his profiteering and Bush to further his consolidation of power, all in the name of the war against terrorism. They are the ones I'm terrified of. Stop this lunacy! Vote "no" on this and every other attempt to keep us at war. ...more

September 29, 2007

Sure, we were all disturbed by last week's video of a student hectoring John Kerry and then getting Tasered by cops as he yelped 'Don't Tase me, bro!' But let's keep it in perspective: Had Dick Cheney been at the lectern, that kid wouldn't be alive. ...more

September 25, 2007