The Fort Hood massacre was a real shocker, but the greater shock was the fact that the powers that be, as it has been disclosed, were aware of this individual, his Islamic connections and his pronouncements against America. Yet nothing was done because "he didn't look like a terrorist." What a ridiculous statement. ...more

November 14, 2009

Civil rights organization celebrates 100 years ...more

November 5, 2009

It is 3:30 in the morning - every morning - and Isun Maen is stirring. ...more

March 1, 2009

"American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House," by Jon Meacham (Random House, $30) ...more

November 16, 2008

The stock market crash of 1929 came a few months after Katie Robinson was born. Her mother said the world wasn't ready for her. ...more

November 5, 2008

President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials. ...more

September 11, 2008

A soldier who fled to Canada rather than fight in Iraq has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty in Fort Carson, Colo., to a reduced charge of desertion. ...more

August 23, 2008

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in El Paso on immigration fraud charges. ...more

August 15, 2008

Stung by a controversial boundary vote two years ago, Westchase residents sought assurances from school board candidates that the community would stay intact when a new high school opens in Lutz. ...more

August 13, 2008

Stung by a controversial boundary vote two years ago, Westchase residents sought assurances from school board candidates that the community would stay intact when a new high school opens in Lutz. ...more

August 13, 2008