•In some Sept. 2 editions, a front-page news story, "Mush! Shopping Cart Racers Go All Out in Inaugural 'Iditacart,'" included a photo with a caption identifying James Ackerson as one of the people in the photo. Ackerson is not in the photo as it appears on the page. ...more

September 12, 2009

Turmoil in the U.S. auto industry was front page news in Japan on Tuesday, where the general reaction was a mixture of skepticism about the outlook for General Motors and Chrysler and concern about the fallout on homegrown brands. ...more

March 31, 2009

Taken Baby I fail to see why an illegal alien who was stupid enough to give her baby to someone she didn't know because she was "afraid of deportation" should be front-page news. If she wasn't an illegal alien living off the USA's largess to begin with, she wouldn't be worried about being deported. ...more

March 27, 2009

Life is fragile and precious. Each day is a gift to be maximized and treasured, because it could be your last. We all know that, but we tend to forget it until some sobering reminder hits us unaware. Recently, we've taken several direct hits. ...more

March 22, 2009

Firearms Foresight While it seems other readers found irony in placing a large ad for gun sales in a paper whose headline included at least two horrific examples of gun violence, I found the ad timely and appropriate. ...more

March 16, 2009

Tampa As Cuban Gateway It is not a question of if the United States will allow Americans unrestricted travel to Cuba; it is a question of when the United States will grant all Americans this right. When our laws change, Tampa International Airport and the Tampa Port Authority should become the primary U.S. gateways to Cuba. We need to be ready before other cities grab this opportunity. Miami, Los Angeles and New York are the only cities in the United States that currently offer nonstop flights to Cuba. ...more

March 8, 2009

If it were not for The Tampa Tribune, I wouldn't be here. ...more

December 19, 2008

As a small business owner in Highlands County and an advertiser in Highlands Today, I was saddened by the way in which your paper has taken aim at a small business owner in this county. Small businesses are closing at an unprecedented rate all over the country, why is the Highlands Today making this unfortunate mistake front-page news? ...more

November 28, 2008

Paris might still be good if you have a big wad of cash and want the best of the best. But Tokyo is really where it's at foodwise, at least according to the French people who keep track of these things. ...more

August 31, 2008

Ahmad Batebi, an Iranian student protester, became a symbol of the Iranian freedom movement. ...more

July 23, 2008