Letters to the editor from Dec. 19 North Pinellas edition. ...more

December 19, 2009

Letters to the editor from Dec. 12 editions. ...more

December 16, 2009

Bruce and Sylvia Pardo started the new year in 2006 with all signs pointing to a bright future - an upcoming marriage, a combined income of about $150,000, half-million-dollar home on a quiet cul-de-sac and a beloved dog, Saki. ...more

December 28, 2008

A candidate for a Palm Beach County judicial race who was ahead by 17 votes on Election Night but lost in a recount where ballots went missing is suing to be declared the winner. ...more

September 10, 2008

As the nation's attention reluctantly turns to the political parties' conventions, with their scripted suspense and stage-managed sentiment, it is important to keep in mind that these are phony representations of American political life. But the slick video profiles, the teary appearance of a beloved party elder - these are not what is phoniest about the conventions. ...more

August 29, 2008

SEBRING — It happened in Broward, Dade and Palm Beach counties. But Joe Campbell made a different decision, so the intense media scrutiny wasn't focused on Highlands County after the 2000 presidential election. "Our presidential ballot was printed on one page," said Campbell, supervisor of elections in Highlands County. He held up a copy of the Palm Beach County ballot, signed by the election board officials there. ...more

May 19, 2008

some famous, some not - reflect on the lessons of that time. ...more

December 9, 2007

Regarding Pat Buchanan's column headlined "National Interest Comes First." In the Nov. 24 column, where he quoted Condi Rice,"for 60 years my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in the Middle East region and we achieved neither. Now we are taking a different course. We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people." This is high fallutin' horse patootie. Closer to the truth in the Middle East is Pat's observation that "anti-Americanism there is pandemic." ...more

November 29, 2007