I read my public "flogging" by Mr. Miller today; I had to chuckle. Firstly, I don't read fiction books often, so excuse me for not reading Mrs. Palin's book. My point was, the use of the word "rogue" in the title and the definition, which is right there in Webster's Dictionary. Secondly, you turn this into a "leftist fear" rant. McCain's decision to bring Mrs. Palin on as his V.P. candidate lost the election for the Republicans, or so my "rightist" friends tell me. "Annie Oakley" in the White House, was not all that appealing to the majority of voters as the election showed. ...more

December 12, 2009

Farmworker wages On Dec. 6 in Lakeland at the corporate headquarters of Publix Super Markets, a demonstration led by the Coalition of Immokalee Farmworkers will take place urging Publix to agree to pay an extra penny per pound for the tomatoes the grocer purchases. ...more

November 30, 2009

Letters to the editor from Nov. 28 North Pinellas edition. ...more

November 28, 2009

Helping the poor Regarding "Taxing the rich" (Letter of the Day, Nov. 22): I am so sick of people whining about the poor rich having to pay more taxes! Don't they read the Bible? It clearly states, from those given much, much is expected. They have had so many tax breaks in the past 30 years, it's time they pay their dues. ...more

November 24, 2009

Richard W. Sitnik of Hudson says bankers don't have money to give back to the U.S. taxpayers. ...more

April 15, 2009

Dee Morva of Hudson was appalled by story in a letter to the area of a woman panhandling in the Hudson area asking a woman for more money so she would have enough to buy the narcotic Vicodin. ...more

March 7, 2009

Gail Wood of Hudson, like letter writer Andrew Nappi, lost a loved one to a traffic crash. The system did not dispense justice to the teenage female driver who struck and killed her father, Wood believes. ...more

March 7, 2009

A Hernando Today letter writer doesn't think much of the county's feeble attempts to help us dispose of unwanted prescription drugs at the local dump at least a 20-mile drive outside of Brooksville. He's right, but he's only scratched the surface of a major county drug challenge. ...more

January 7, 2009

Most people who peruse the "Dear Santa" letters tucked inside a binder at the Victorian Village gifts and collectible store are not surprised to see a skateboard and bicycle among the items on 5-year-old Dion's wish list. ...more

December 10, 2008

Robin Givens of New Port Richey objects to an earlier letter dismissing the 2008 presidential election as a "ridiculous event" with no real choices. ...more

November 15, 2008