The small-government crusader running for Congress stood on the steps of the courthouse behind a podium and microphone. ...more

November 8, 2009

After reading the letter from Ms. Fredlake, I was left in dismay by her summation of the Tom Rooney meeting. The 500-plus people in attendance were soundly behind what Rep. Rooney had to say about the health care bill and the excessive debt proposed by the current administration. ...more

September 4, 2009

Watching two hours of Sen. Spector's recent "town hall" meeting in Lebanon, Pa., I realized that a new chapter in the protocol of political correctness has been written which only applies to elected officials holding "town hall" meetings on health care. ...more

August 21, 2009

Your Highlands Today "Our Opinion" editorial of Aug. 9 is an insult to all of us who feel we should have free speech to object to policies of our government. ...more

August 19, 2009

A federal judge has thrown out a former Tennessee student's free-speech lawsuit against a school dress code that banned Confederate flag clothing. ...more

August 12, 2009

With reference to library funding and the article in Highlands Today one week ago, "Library Director Mary Myers was told not to speak to newspapers," what happened to free speech? ...more

July 1, 2009

They sprout from the ground every election, turning grass plots lining the city's sidewalks, roads and rights of way into a landscape of political pulpits. ...more

February 26, 2009

They sprout from the ground during every election, turning grass plots lining the city's sidewalks, roads and right-of-ways into a landscape of political pulpits. ...more

February 25, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

Kudos to Bob Kurabieski, Bob Munsell and John Booth for putting that person in his place; I am not sure where Mr. Gillis' place is, but I know where I would put him. Mr. Gillis, I have read some of your garbage over the years, always controversial and full of rumors, half truths, innuendos, and downright lies. ...more

December 8, 2008