It comes around every four years, all the sputtering to the effect that the political conventions are a big, noisy waste of time and money, muscling in on eight precious prime-time TV hours that would be better given to reality shows that, fake as they are, are still more real than the staged politics. ...more

August 30, 2008

Delegates from Florida and three other big states won by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries got a late-night surprise Tuesday: a visit from the New York senator herself. ...more

August 28, 2008

Delegates from Florida and three other big states won by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries got a late-night surprise Tuesday: a visit from the New York senator herself. ...more

August 27, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. ... I mean, that's a storybook, man." ...more

June 12, 2008

The U.S. presidential candidates could learn a lesson from the history of the Ybor City neighborhood, once known as the Cigar Capital of the World. ...more

June 5, 2008

At first I did not think Fox News was racial, until Barak Obama started beating Hillary Clinton in the primary elections. But I certainly do now. ...more

May 7, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist has designated dates for Tampa Bay area voters to elect a new representative for state House District 55. ...more

February 15, 2008