With the recent tragic event at Fort Hood, I wonder if anyone will stop and consider the operational tempo our men and women in today's military are faced with. I am retired from the USAF. I have a son in the USAF who just returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan. Many of the young men and women at places like Fort Hood have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan four and five times for six to 18 months at a time, facing conditions and dangers that most of us can't even imagine. I hear lots of political rhetoric about how great they are and what a wonderful job they are doing. We now debate a plus-up of the number of troops we have in place. ...more

November 9, 2009

Think of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp., or JROTC, and the mind conjures a small group of military-minded young men in uniform marching with flags and rifles and practicing drills in the school parking lot. ...more

November 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Robert Smith, 43, whose son attends Land O' Lakes High School, was arrested Tuesday on a disorderly conduct charge after trying to fight with the school's principal, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 22, 2009

Col. Richard J. Ragaller, director of Air Force Junior ROTC units around the world, will be the guest speaker at the annual welcome back luncheon for area units. ...more

August 17, 2009

Two deputies unsuccessfully searched a Ridge Manor home on Wednesday for a man who had fled from the cops. But they didn't walk away empty-handed. ...more

April 9, 2009

Love will make a man do strange things. Like this album. Some men drink too much. Some isolate. Kanye West builds tracks around an ancient drum machine, filters his vocals through the insufferable Auto-Tune and releases it to the public. Just in time for Christmas! ...more

November 27, 2008

The new Cure album is here, finally, after originally being slated as a double-disc, not to mention causing the band to postpone a tour. That it arrives as a 13-track single CD suggests Robert Smith and Co. reined in their ambitions in order to produce a concise album that can stand with The Cure's best. ...more

November 6, 2008

Robinson jumped to an early first-half lead, and capitalized on two fourth-quarter turnovers to earn a 24-21 win at Sarasota Booker on Friday night. Booker (4-4, 1-2) had four turnovers overall, and also had four dropped passes in the fourth quarter of the Class 3A-District 11 game. ...more

November 1, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: After being shut out in the first half, Robinson (1-2) scored all of its points in the second, capitalizing on good field position while holding Leto (1-2) to one offensive touchdown, which didn't come until late in the fourth quarter. ...more

September 20, 2008

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September 19, 2008