That abrupt, cool breeze that gently caressed Pasco County recently, wafting west to east and improbably back again, is the relief in some politically charged quarters that official Republican Party business will no longer reside on Bill Bunting's daily to-do list. ...more

December 21, 2008

On this day 67 years ago, the warm shallow waters of Pearl Harbor were set ablaze with the oil of sinking ships. ...more

December 7, 2008

A Bad Comparison Regarding "Bush Remarks Rile Obama" (Nation/World, May 16): Is there anyone left in this country who believes that G.W. Bush has any credibility? If Bush wants to make an analogy, it should not be between Barack Obama and appeasement before World War II, but rather between what he has done to the United States of America and what was done to Germany by its leaders before and during the war. ...more

May 20, 2008