After reading Peter Stathis's letter, I realize that I owe an apology to the right wingers out there. ...more

October 28, 2009

Gay couples from across California and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of Election Day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage. ...more

October 14, 2008

John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. ...more

August 29, 2008

In the run-up the Jan. 29 vote on Amendment No. 1, officials of local governments and public school districts around the state were issuing dire warnings. Tax revenue would plunge; services would be slashed; criminals would run the streets; children would go uneducated. The amendment, of course, was the plan the Legislature and Gov. Charlie Crist came up with in response to last year's howls of protest from property-owning Floridians about rising ad valorem tax bills. ...more

February 12, 2008

Congratulations to Alberto Gonzales, who was recently named 2007 Lawyer of the Year, besting runners-up Alan Shore of "Boston Legal" and Nicky "Neck Brace" Carbone, who won a $6,200 settlement for a woman who claimed mental anguish when a can of squirt cheese exploded in her camper trailer's kitchenette. Isn't it wonderful that a small boy who was the subject of an international custody dispute in 2000, seized at gunpoint by federal agents and returned to his native Cuba amid a firestorm of controversy would be named Lawyer of the Year a mere seven years later. (Note: After Hollifield submitted his column six hours past deadline, we patiently explained that he was confusing Alberto Gonzales, former attorney general of the United States, with Elian Gonzales, the Cuban boy in the custody battle.) ...more

December 18, 2007

Congratulations to Alberto Gonzales, who was recently named 2007 Lawyer of the Year, besting runners-up Alan Shore of "Boston Legal" and Nicky "Neck Brace" Carbone, who won a $6,200 settlement for a woman who claimed mental anguish when a can of squirt cheese exploded in her camper trailer's kitchenette. ...more

December 16, 2007