WEST PALM BEACH (AP) — U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Johann Gokool lost his left foot when a bomb ripped a hole in the side of the USS Cole nearly a decade ago, but the injury was nothing compared with the mental torment that ravaged him almost daily. ...more

December 29, 2009

Years ago, during his impeachment, then-President Bill Clinton made the ridiculous statement, "it depends on what your definition of is is." The Democrats now bring the word "how" to the forefront. ...more

December 27, 2009

If we could turn back the hands of time, what would we change to make our lives better and safer? ...more

December 20, 2009

Celebrities, major Democratic fundraisers and prominent Indian businessmen were among those scoring coveted invitations to President Barack Obama's first state dinner. ...more

November 25, 2009

"You can't handle the truth" are famous words in the movie "A Few Good Men." ...more

November 21, 2009

State Sen. Paula Dockery's decision to challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP gubernatorial nomination may upset the party's elders, but the competition will be good for the Republican rank and file. ...more

November 4, 2009

There are 18 states, as columnist Mark Shields recently pointed out to me, that have gone Democratic in each of the last five presidential elections. Of the 36 senators who represent those states, only two are Republicans. Both are from Maine, one of the last, storm-lashed, surf-pounded footholds of the Yankee GOP. So it is hardly shocking that the lone Republican supporter of Democratic health reform on the Senate Finance Committee should be Maine's Olympia Snowe. ...more

October 21, 2009

Hurricane Bill weakened slightly early today but still threatened to flood Bermuda's coastlines and generate dangerous waves and riptides along the eastern U.S. coast. ...more

August 21, 2009

Former President Bill Clinton on Sunday delivered to Haitian-Americans and emigres a mixed message of heartbreak and hope. Clinton is making two stops in the Sunshine State, at a Haitian Conference near Miami and the University of Central Florida in Orlando. ...more

August 9, 2009

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg will be awarded Philadelphia's 2009 Liberty Medal for his artistic and humanitarian achievements. ...more

August 4, 2009