Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean's announcement Friday that she may have to lay off 1,000 workers drew fire from a county commissioner today who accused Bean of using people's jobs for political purposes. ...more

March 30, 2009

About "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia," the newly issued dolls that just happen to share names and skin color with the Obama girls: I understand why Michelle Obama is bristling, mama grizzly-like, about the commercialization of her children. ...more

January 28, 2009

Sharply criticizing the United States while offering to rebuild relations with its new leader, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in a nationally televised state of the union address Wednesday he would deploy short-range missiles near Poland if the Obama administration pressed ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe. ...more

November 6, 2008

Brian Moore, the presidential candidate from Spring Hill out to prove that socialism isn't a dirty word, is slated today to face what could prove to be his toughest interviewer yet: Comedy's Central's Stephen Colbert. ...more

October 28, 2008

Where does the Police Benevolent Association get off mailing out inflammatory political flyers? Most people in Highlands County have the good sense to know what a good sheriff we already have. My question is, how do they have the nerve to solicit donations and then use them for political purposes? If this is their agenda, they should never receive a penny more. ...more

October 23, 2008

A veteran Republican lawmaker called on Office of Special Counsel chief Scott Bloch to resign Wednesday , one day after nearly two dozen FBI agents raided agency headquarters and carted off boxes of documents and equipment that officials said were related to a probe of Bloch's activities. ...more

May 8, 2008

A real estate broker has filed a complaint with the Florida Elections Commission against schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino, claiming she violated state law by using the school district's e-mail system for political purposes. ...more

January 23, 2008

Anyone who follows the media has probably heard many times that the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and incomes of the population in general are stagnating. Moreover, those who say such things can produce many statistics, including data from the Census Bureau, which seem to indicate that. ...more

November 23, 2007