Lenders are owners In your cover article on pending foreclosed properties Nov. 4, the manager of Hillsborough County Code Enforcement was quoted: "The lender doesn't own the property, so we can't legally make them maintain it." Excuse me? ...more

November 6, 2009

Sometimes when reading the newspaper one comes across comments so outrageous and off the mark that a retort is necessary. On July 13 a writer stated in a Letter to the Editor that "the NRA is a lobbying organization dedicated to putting more guns in the hands of criminals." The writer then rambles on about the NRA advancing its "radical program" and having "access to our libraries." ...more

July 17, 2009

The debate over Florida's public campaign financing program turned ugly Thursday when Republican Sen. Ronda Storms mocked President Barack Obama as "The Messiah" and a Democratic colleague made a vulgar retort. ...more

March 13, 2009

The debate over Florida's public campaign financing program turned ugly Thursday when a Republican senator mocked President Barack Obama as "the messiah" and a Democratic colleague chimed in with a vulgar retort. ...more

March 12, 2009

At 2:35 a.m. one morning I was awakened to the clanking sound of my father's walker. ...more

March 12, 2009

The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn. ...more

July 9, 2008

Mr. Reark, I'm responding to your completely misunderstood retort to my November letter regarding the bombing range. Your inability to comprehend what you read is astonishing. ...more

December 20, 2007

Hillary Rodham Clinton ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Tuesday for his contention that living abroad as a child helped give him a better understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing the United States. ...more

November 21, 2007

I read about Jimmy Carter calling Cheney a disaster. ...more

October 16, 2007

The consensus is clear: Britney Spears performed like she was sloshing blindfolded through mud at MTV's Video Music Awards. No one disputes that the troubled pop princess royally mangled her much-heralded comeback. ...more

September 13, 2007