Papa John's Pizza in Seffner put together 30 crates full of pens, paper, glue, rulers and erasers to help McDonald Elementary, which was damaged by a fire Nov. 14. ...more

December 23, 2009

I'm writing this six days before the general election, but by the time you read it, we will have a new president-elect. Some of us will be very jubilant; some very depressed. It's been an emotionally charged campaign. ...more

November 5, 2008

I get a kick out of hearing the president or presidential candidates saying they know how to win a war. These aren't the days when rulers go to battle with their troops. Presidents don't lead the wars and they don't win the wars. They rely on the Pentagon and the warriors to do a professional job. The key is the president must listen to what is needed and combine diplomacy to ensure wars are won. ...more

September 1, 2008

Up to 1,500 children were helped back to school Saturday through Projects of Pasco supply donations. ...more

August 20, 2008

The rulers of cyclone-devastated Myanmar continued to hamper international relief efforts Friday by insisting that supplies were welcome, but foreign aid workers were not. The junta seized two U.N. planes filled with food, saying only the government could distribute supplies. Most aid agencies said they would reject that condition. ...more

May 10, 2008

A former Iranian president has said exporting violence to other countries is "treason" against Islam and Iran's 1979 revolution, an apparent accusation that the country's hard-line rulers are engineering unrest abroad. ...more

May 4, 2008