The American people support more human aid than any other entity on the planet. We show up for every catastrophe worldwide, and we provide protection for many smaller countries at the cost of many American lives and limbs. Why is it that we have developed our assets and technology to such a level that we are ready and willing to do so much for the world? Certainly not by allowing anybody to push us around at will. ...more

July 10, 2008

Fill Empty Houses First I hope that I understand the proposal to cut our area's impact fees correctly. As I am reading, the purpose is to get into a state-offered grant program for housing assistance. Is the state program our only option for housing assistance? ...more

July 1, 2008

Alan Levine of Palm Harbor says Republicans lose power when they start acting live liberals. ...more

June 21, 2008

Lose The Role Of Victim Regarding "It's The Color Green That Separates Us" (Other Views, May 27): ...more

May 31, 2008

Jason Smith of New Port Richey did not like the "hard-right slant" of op-ed page of Feb. 6 prints editions of The Suncoast News. ...more

February 9, 2008

Another Year, Same Old Question Why do the Hernando County Commissioners make more money doing a part-time job, than Hernando County deputies do when they put their lives on the line for everyone? ...more

November 29, 2007

America has clearly undergone a cultural identity change since World War ll. It continues. Having lived through that period, I now realize it was amazing that such an ethnically diverse and geographically separated population pulled together for a common purpose. If you didn't experience those determined years of a "melting pot" going to war, these printed words won't help you understand those times. ...more

November 20, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Friday proposed slowing the growth of Social Security benefits and creating voluntary, government-matched savings accounts, becoming the first candidate of either party to offer a detailed proposal to fix the nation's retirement system. ...more

November 10, 2007

Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. ...more

October 27, 2007