The president, convinced that the only thing America has to fear is an insufficiency of fear, has warned that "disaster" and "catastrophe" are the certain alternatives to swift passage of the stimulus legislation. One marvels at his certitude more than one envies his custody of this adventure. ...more

February 11, 2009

Get a glimpse of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, better known as the Freedom March, while checking out "And Freedom For All," a photo exhibit opening Jan. 20 at the Hillsborough Community College Dale Mabry Art Gallery. ...more

December 30, 2008

By midnight Tuesday, millions of conservatives probably will believe that the nation, foundering on the reefs of sin, is ruined. And millions of "progressives," emboldened to embrace truth in labeling by again calling themselves liberals, probably will have decided that Heaven is at hand, the nation revived like a flower in an April shower. ...more

November 2, 2008

Jan G. Muys of New Port Richey says American seems to be ready to shift to the left as most governments in western Europe have moved the other way in recent years. ...more

November 1, 2008

He spoke of the promise before he spoke of the dream. ...more

August 28, 2008

Eighty years ago, when I was growing up on a ranch near St. Johns, Ariz., trails formed the contours of my world. I'd take a trail to get to a neighbor's house or follow one along the river if I were looking for stray cattle. Trails were the most practical way of getting around. They were also irresistible to me. I'd walk a trail just to see where it led. ...more

June 6, 2008

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stepped onto a political landmine a few weeks ago when she marginalized the contributions of Martin Luther King to the civil rights movement. ...more

January 20, 2008

A year after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, enforcing desegregation and making it illegal to discriminate based on race, color, religion or national origin. ...more

January 19, 2008

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have called a well-advised truce in their war of words over racial issues. But the lull will be temporary unless Clinton reins in surrogates eager to take cheap shots at Obama. ...more

January 16, 2008