During a recent visit to the veterans hospital in Los Angeles, I ran across a young man fresh out of the Army. He had fought in Afghanistan and was recovering from some of his wounds. He was also homeless and, quite frankly, a little frustrated by what he saw as cumbersome and inefficient layers of bureaucracy between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. ...more

November 27, 2008

Mary Murray of Wimauma was recently honored by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a Community Quarterback because of the amount of volunteer work she does. ...more

February 16, 2008

WHO: Kathy Myers CLAIM TO FAME: Storyteller extraordinaire ...more

December 24, 2007

WHO: Ann Mazzitelli of Port Richey CLAIM TO FAME: After reading about Topmost, a coal-mining town in eastern Kentucky, she knitted 50 hats for children who had few warm clothes for the winter. ...more

November 19, 2007

Show Some Real Support Well, Veterans Day has come and gone and our congressmen and senators have crawled out of the woodwork and from under their rocks to proclaim how much they appreciate our military, our veterans and our military retirees. ...more

November 13, 2007

Port Richey resident Ann Mazzitelli uses her knitting skills to help the poor. ...more

October 17, 2007

Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies. ...more

September 5, 2007