"Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire," by Elwin L. Page and Mike Pride (Concord Monitor, $27) ...more

December 6, 2009

As America debates whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests. ...more

November 16, 2009

Since Patrick Buchanan is such a prominent commentator, who is he and what does he stand for? He is largely a Catholic reactionary who has little use for Vatican II. He grew up in Washington, D.C. As a student at Georgetown University, he was expelled for a year in 1960. ...more

January 24, 2009

We may never know whether Gov. Sarah Palin is conducting the public's business on one of the non-governmental accounts she uses. ...more

October 26, 2008

It is painful to state this: I am sadly disappointed by Sen. John McCain. He is a true American hero who's lost his way. It was outrageous that the Christian Right and Rev. Pat Robinson trashed him so mercilessly in 2000. ...more

September 27, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is avoiding a public face-off with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the new female star of the campaign, while still raising money and votes for the Democrat who wrested the presidential nomination from her. ...more

September 18, 2008

While John McCain prepared to accept the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention tonight, a group of St. Petersburg partygoers gathered to celebrate the historic moment. ...more

September 4, 2008

Re: "Dems Taking The American Public For A Ride," letter to the editor by Peter Stathis in the Aug. 29 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

September 4, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination on Thursday, declaring that the "American promise has been threatened" by eight years under President Bush. ...more

August 29, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama chose Mark Warner, Virginia's Senate candidate and former governor, to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic convention, underscoring Democrats' all-out effort to win the Southern state for the first time since 1964. ...more

August 14, 2008