Anniversaries are opportunities to reflect on the past and on what it might mean for the future. Monday saw the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, even if Barack Obama could not find time to travel once again to Berlin to attend the commemoration there. And Wednesday was the 91st anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. ...more

November 14, 2009

For perhaps 50 years I heard the economic statement: As goes General Motors, so goes the nation. Does this mean that we can expect our government to run industry, health care, etc.? Joseph Stalin recognized that such would require a large number of czars, which he, of course, appointed. ...more

October 6, 2009

Republican Sen. John McCain told crowds in this battleground state Friday to "hold onto your wallet" because his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama, has talked of spreading the wealth around. ...more

October 18, 2008

A sign hanging inside John McCain's campaign office in Pompano Beach juxtaposed a series of headshots: Fidel Castro, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx - and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

October 17, 2008

After the assassination of the archduke in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, Austria got from Kaiser Wilhelm a "blank cheque" to punish Serbia. Germany would follow whatever course its ally chose to take. Austria chose war on Serbia. And World War I resulted. ...more

July 12, 2008

What does Angelina Jolie have in common with Joseph Stalin and Thomas Edison as well as two out of every five Americans between the ages of 26 and 40? ...more

November 30, 2007

What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? ...more

October 26, 2007

TAMPA - What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? Their likenesses all appear in an ad the Tampa Bay Community Network plans to air this weekend to raise money for a legal fund. The network is suing Hillsborough County over its decision to cut $355,000 in spending for the station from this year's budget. The network has prepared at least three fundraising ads for the court fight. The most hard-hitting is an ad that opens with images of Hitler, Stalin and Castro and then fades to pictures of the four county commissioners who voted to kill the station's stipend. ...more

October 25, 2007