Excerpts from a recent editorial in newspaper in the United States: The New York Post, on President Obama and Iran: ...more

November 24, 2009

The board of the Hillsborough County teachers union has unanimously picked its new leader now that its long-serving executive director is retiring. Nicholas Whitman, who has led unions throughout the Midwest and Northeast, will take over the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association in August. ...more

June 22, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Friday announced the appointment of Robert James Morris Jr. of Clearwater to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

June 6, 2009

Darryl C. Casanueva has been named chief judge-elect of Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

April 30, 2009

Darryl C. Casanueva has been named chief judge-elect of Florida's 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

April 29, 2009

There's a reason they're called "the good old days." That's what Brandon lawyer John Sullivan, the 2009-10 chairman of the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce, told fellow chamber members at the 50th anniversary celebration and annual dinner Jan. 23 at the Embassy Suites in Tampa. ...more

February 4, 2009

After three terms in the Legislature, Kevin Ambler appears headed for an easy re-election in District 47, which covers much of northwestern Hillsborough County. ...more

October 19, 2008

Although his name won't even be on the ballot Nov. 4, Spring Hill lawyer Jason Melton figures he still has a good chance of defeating Robert Schenck for the District 44 state House seat. ...more

October 19, 2008

Let's get something straight. The U.S. House of Representatives has been in Democratic hands for two years. The Democrats chair all committees; rule the roost. The latest Rasmussen tracking poll finds that 9 percent of the public thinks Congress is doing a good job. Fifty-two percent think Congress is doing a poor job. The leader of the House is Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco, the most politically strange city in America. Our congressman Tim Mahoney is part of that majority. That majority has failed to face the energy crisis, failed to act, improve health care, failed to act on Iraq and failed to fix Social Security. Their leadership is standing still. ...more

October 17, 2008

The following is a timeline of the admission of black students to the University of Florida: ...more

September 18, 2008