The First Amendment declares that Congress shall "make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." In 1918, the Sedition Act was passed, prohibiting U.S. citizens from "convey(ing) false reports or false statements" that tainted the image of the government and military during times of war. The sentiment driving the Sedition Act remains, though - right here, right now, says columnist Sierra Mision. ...more

November 7, 2009

A morning news radio show blasted Hillsborough County schools Tuesday after learning in an e-mail that Fox News Channel was dropped from televisions at a school in Brandon. ...more

October 21, 2009

Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, applying the brakes to Democratic attempts to quickly tax away most of the bonuses at troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. ...more

March 20, 2009

Carol Carter, a veteran official of the Hillsborough County Republican Party, is resigning her post as result of a flap over a seemingly racist email joke she forwarded to friends. Carter is the third prominent local Republican in four months to be stung by controversy over emails with racial overtones. ...more

February 5, 2009

Kristen Sheahan recalls it as one of her most thrilling elementary school memories, circa the early 1990s. ...more

January 23, 2009

Bodies, real bodies, revealing all of their muscular and anatomical secrets under the sheen of plastic, will once again pose inside the Museum of Science & Industry. ...more

November 13, 2008

Of all the musical instruments he could have chosen to play, Rob St. John had to pick the one that comes with a laundry list of limitations. ...more

November 12, 2008

Supervisor Jack Meehan abruptly resigned Wednesday at the end of a community development district meeting as more questions were raised about possible improprieties. ...more

July 12, 2008

HERITAGE ISLES - Supervisor Jack Meehan abruptly resigned Wednesday at the end of a community development district meeting as more questions were raised about possible improprieties. ...more

July 10, 2008

Prosecutors will not file formal charges against a Montreal Canadiens player arrested last week in a flap with a police officer outside a South Tampa nightclub. ...more

February 23, 2008