Soldiers, Not Guards Regarding 'the Perils Of Privatizing Security' (Our Opinion, Oct. 5): ...more

October 12, 2007

Sore Loser On Park Regarding 'Game Over! Commission Says No To Sports Park' (front page, Oct. 4): ...more

October 8, 2007

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's abrupt announcement on Wednesday afternoon that he would resign upset what was to have been an orderly end to the nationalist leader's scandal- and gaffe-prone government. The resignation threw Japan's tense political situation into further disarray. ...more

September 13, 2007

Fred Thompson, the attorney turned politician, turned actor, is trying a return to politics via the 2008 presidential race. The former U.S. senator from Tennessee is scheduled to be in West Pasco this Friday evening to attend the annual Pasco Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. Since by most accounts Thompson is trying to assume the Ronald Reagan mantle, the Reagan Day event is appropriate. ...more

September 12, 2007