I read with interest the latest joke being perpetrated on the folks of Massachusetts by the Democrats. They changed the law in 2004, so that their then Republican governor, Mitt Romney, would be blocked in naming a successor to Sen. John Kerry, if Kerry won the presidential election. ...more

September 21, 2009

What great letters to the editor on Aug. 30! I share the thoughts of Terry Collins and Daniel Burke. Obama's health care plan is scary and I along with many others don't want it. Our families and friends in Massachusetts have never liked the "cruel" marks that Sen. Ted Kennedy left on the sands of time. ...more

September 6, 2009

Zoo Needs Good Cleaning I have been a volunteer docent at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for over six years, which is why I've kept my mouth shut up to now, but enough is enough. Read the exact words used by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in temporarily revoking the memberships of both zoo President Lex Salisbury and animal Collections Director Larry Killmar: "for intentionally failing to abide" by the association's policies, etc. ...more

December 10, 2008

Richard J. Bruno of New Port Richey objects to renaming New York's Triborough Bridge to honoring Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. The Kennedys already have enough monuments, he says. ...more

November 29, 2008

My top 10 reasons to vote for McCain: 1. Corporate welfare isn't socialism, just a helping hand for capitalists. ...more

October 24, 2008

Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party's national convention after all - and quite a bit of it. ...more

August 15, 2008

Media should be ashamed that they are accomplices in accepting "Swiftboating" as a verb, synonymous with "smearing." ...more

July 18, 2008

"Mr. Ruth, you are a disgusting person," opined yet another loyal, loving, caring observer of this space. ...more

July 13, 2008

I'm disappointed, but that's not why I'm angry. I don't think Hillary Clinton lost just because of sexism. I think the part that has angered women so much was the sexism by the media, in particular, and the lack of outrage voiced by everyone concerned, especially those in the Democratic Party, especially leadership. ...more

June 15, 2008

For a while there, I worried what it would take to get the message through to Hillary Clinton - maybe something like that scene out of "The Godfather," when the movie director wakes up with a horse's head in his bed? ...more

June 8, 2008