No one's business A recent letter to the editor asked the question: "Why exactly is gambling always portrayed as being bad?" I also have a question: If adults want to gamble with other adults, all using their own money, why is it any of the government's business or anyone else's business? ...more

November 5, 2009

The interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, seen as a modernizer who could seek a historic reconciliation with the Vatican and more autonomy from the state, was overwhelmingly elected patriarch Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009

Valerie Iengo of Port Richey says we should be battling against the current economic difficulties, not matters of personal choice. ...more

January 14, 2009

Christmas Is No Threat The letter you printed Dec. 25, "Christmas Defended," by Emily Harper was a satirical letter whose purpose was to make the "conservative Christians" feel bad about wanting to keep the tradition of saying "Merry Christmas" alive in this world. ...more

December 28, 2008

"The Same Man: George Orwell & Evelyn Waugh in Love and War," by David Lebedoff (Random House, $26) ...more

August 10, 2008

Christians throughout this area are willing to stage a massive protest if you have any plans on showing the movie "The Golden Compass." ...more

November 26, 2007

"The Indian Clerk," by David Leavitt (Bloomsbury, $24.95) ...more

November 11, 2007