State Sen. Paula Dockery's decision to challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination may upset the party's elders, but the competition will be good for the Republican rank and file. ...more

November 4, 2009

What are the two subjects you don't discuss at the dinner table in America? ...more

February 21, 2009

Local pilots who waited years for a private hangar at the Zephyrhills Airport were thrilled when the city's $2.8 million expansion was completed in November. ...more

January 15, 2009

Richard Fuld had a full-blown anxiety attack when he was named chief executive of Lehman Brothers in 1993, saying later that he stopped breathing for 45 seconds. ...more

September 13, 2008

By the time this column goes to print, members of Florida's fabled delegation to the Democratic National Convention will be happily hobnobbing with their peers at the Denver gathering, fully reunited with all their voting privileges. ...more

August 27, 2008

A secret deal with an Iran-backed militia kept British forces out of a battle in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, leaving U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight alone, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Defense denied any deal was struck and said it held back to ensure that the operation was seen as Iraqi-led. ...more

August 6, 2008

"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed," by Michael Kodas (Hyperion, $24.95) ...more

May 4, 2008

A lawsuit by state House Speaker Marco Rubio against Gov. Charlie Crist over Indian gambling in Florida has brought a growing political rift between the two into the open. ...more

December 2, 2007

It's heartwarming to read good news about our fair city. ...more

November 3, 2007

It's heartwarming to read good news about our fair city. In a time defined by plunging housing markets, fiscal uncertainty, a growing homeless population and infighting among our politicians, readers will be pleased to note that Tampa at least has been recognized as a great place to party. ...more

October 31, 2007