In his first week in office last January, President Barack Obama promised greater transparency by federal agencies generally reluctant to respond promptly to requests for information from the public. ...more

December 10, 2009

Dear Abby: My boyfriend, "Sean," and I met online six months ago. We are now at the stage where we are meeting and going out with each other's friends and co-workers, and the question, "How did you meet?" is coming up. ...more

March 8, 2009

Alan Waishkey of Port Richey reacts to the federal economic stimulus bill by saying "nothing is free." ...more

February 18, 2009

As the global economic recession persists, many Europeans are talking about the end of capitalism. They forget that capitalism in Europe had already once given way - often violently - to statism and corporatism in the 1930s, to be revived in only a handful of countries in the 1980s. ...more

January 25, 2009

Yes, I look forward to "four years of positives" (Letter of the Day, Jan. 22). But the positives that I see don't agree with the writer's vision. ...more

January 23, 2009

Putting into effect a campaign promise to set a new tone in Washington, President Obama moved quickly this week to impose restrictions on lobbying while opening up the processes of governing. ...more

January 23, 2009

World leaders launched extraordinary summit talks Friday on the economic crisis gripping the globe, searching for ways to limit the current carnage and prevent future calamities. President George W. Bush declared that "billions of hardworking people are counting on us," but the summit's results were likely to be modest. ...more

November 15, 2008

The Rays have established a good relationship with the media throng that covers post-season baseball. ...more

October 25, 2008

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special-needs children if Republicans win the White House, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem." ...more

September 16, 2008

The venues were great, the competition was exciting and no major international incident stained the Olympic Games that concluded Sunday. ...more

August 25, 2008