The air traffic controller who handled Flight 1549 thought ditching in the Hudson River amounted to a death sentence for all aboard. Now the veteran pilot who pulled off the feat safely says harsh pay cuts are driving experienced pilots from the cockpit. ...more

February 24, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners say the benefits of a helipad for a medical eye-care center on Lake Eichenfield near Brandon Regional Hospital would outweigh any negative consequences. ...more

February 18, 2009

As addictions go, sex is the one you can still make fun of without a pinch from the PC police. ...more

January 31, 2009

Campaign rhetoric from both political parties confirms that voters this November are looking for change. Certainly Floridians are looking to our leaders to propose effective solutions to pressing issues involving the real estate debacle, taxes and education, among others. ...more

September 25, 2008

The government's unprecedented move Friday to ban people from betting against financial stocks might be a salve for the market's turmoil, but it could carry serious unintended consequences. ...more

September 20, 2008

Media should be ashamed that they are accomplices in accepting "Swiftboating" as a verb, synonymous with "smearing." ...more

July 18, 2008

Global warming is already affecting the nation's forests, water resources, farmland and wildlife and will have serious negative consequences during the next 25 to 50 years, according to a report issued Tuesday by the federal government. ...more

May 28, 2008

Defying Common Sense Regarding "Illegal Immigrants Costly To States" (Nation/World, Dec. 19): ...more

December 27, 2007