The Supreme Court has spoken: Thanks to the court's blockbuster 5-to-4 decision, Washingtonians now have the right to own a gun for self-defense. I leave the law to lawyers, but the public health lesson is crystal clear: The legal ruling that the citizens of Washington, D.C., can keep loaded handguns in their homes doesn't mean that they should. ...more

July 8, 2008

By knife, by bullet and by hand, homicide in the Tampa Bay region last year continued to rise. Friday's Metro article on area homicides in 2007 should have said the bodies of Jennifer Davis, 27, and her partner Andrea Pisanello, 53, were found by Largo police before the bodies of Davis' two children were found in their father's Clearwater home. ...more

January 4, 2008

By knife, by bullet and by hand, homicide in the Tampa Bay region last year continued to rise. It's a trend for which officials say there is no rhyme or reason. ...more

January 3, 2008