MENSA! Sheesh, I should have known! For the past few weeks, treasured reader Bart Siegel, who got his hoop skirt in a wad over some critical columns on the Confederate flag kerfuffle, has been issuing more challenges to debate than John McCain. ...more

June 29, 2008

Wrong Day For Flag Regarding "Sons, Daughters Stand Up For Beliefs On Flag Day" (Metro, June 15): ...more

June 19, 2008

While the Sons of Confederate Veterans hoisted the battle banner on the morning of Flag Day, the newly formed Sons and Daughters of Harriet Tubman sat down to work that evening. ...more

June 15, 2008

Sometimes, state lawmakers, including Pasco County Sen. Mike Fasano, wrongly try to force their values on the public school system. For example, requiring U.S. flags in classrooms and trying to make students recite the Pledge of Allegiance won't make youths be more patriotic if they don't want to be, and it could have the opposite effect. ...more

December 9, 2007