The Obama administration is delaying by a week its release of an internal CIA report on the agency's Bush-era secret detention and interrogation program. ...more

June 20, 2009

Paul Simdars of Hudson says Rich Lowry's op-ed page column missed some of the major blunders of the Bush administration. ...more

January 21, 2009

In Stephanie Ragusa's spring job evaluation, she received marks indicating she was unsatisfactory or needed improvement in every category but one. ...more

June 25, 2008

Woman accused of having sex with students dressed well, review said. ...more

June 24, 2008

I was supposed to meet Charlie at Canterbury Tower for lunch. He wanted to talk about Dudley Clendinen's new book, "A Place Called Canterbury," coming out this month. ...more

May 4, 2008

I read an article by Marsha Mercer in the Feb. 10 paper about the Clintons that raised the proverbial red flag of caution for me. First, Mercer makes mention of the fact that the Clintons are stonewalling any and all attempts to release any papers from the Clinton Presidential Library, notably the notes, memos and appointment calendar of Hillary while she was first lady. What are the Clintons afraid of that they do not want people to know about her? Secondly, Mercer mentions Hillary's strong desire for universal health care. The thing that got my attention about this subject was, quote, "Hillary's health care plan forces everyone to buy insurance even if they could not afford it." Hillary has said that her administration might garnishee the wages of those who could afford to buy health care insurance but refused to. ...more

February 15, 2008

Plans for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium on the downtown waterfront could score an economic home run, the team says, pumping $1 billion into the city's economy, creating 2,500 permanent jobs and attracting a million square feet of new retail, office and residential development, including 900 homes. ...more

November 17, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG - Plans for a Tampa Bay Rays stadium on the downtown waterfront could score an economic home run, the team says, pumping $1 billion into the city's economy, creating 2,500 permanent jobs and attracting a million square feet of new retail, office and residential development, including 900 homes. ...more

November 16, 2007