First, it was Vietnam, which tore our country apart, ruined LBJ's presidency and stunted an entire generation, not to mention the enormous casualties. Then it was Iraq, and all that happened there, which tainted the Bush years. Now it's Afghanistan, "the graveyard of empires," where we have already spent nearly eight fruitless years. ...more

December 5, 2009

I read the letters where the Constitution is used to make ones personal point, bent to fit their views. It is a good document in which our government should be run, but too many years have passed for it to now be absolute. If we want to go back to that time in history then we must remember that many of the writers owned slaves. There were indebted persons and a poor house in which to be jailed. Women of the time were only good to have children and keep the house. The writers could not have foreseen all the advances that have been made in our country; if they could some of the text might have been written differently. ...more

November 1, 2009

Well, we've done it again. We have spent another year in freedom and opportunity - arguing all the while about how free, how much opportunity and the best way to guarantee both - and arrived back at the anniversary of the founding of our nation. We tend to take this for granted but definitely shouldn't. ...more

July 4, 2009

As soon as they get behind the wheel of a race car, they're kids all over again even though they've known each other for decades. ...more

March 16, 2009

"Irreplaceable," by Stephen Lovely (Voice, $24.95) ...more

March 8, 2009

It was a Flemish stew to die for. Karren Doll Tolliver still remembers the stew she ate in a little restaurant in Bruges, Belgium. "It was just so good," she recalls. "The key ingredients were a blonde Belgian beer and a little Dijon mustard. They gave it a little fruitiness and a little tang." ...more

January 28, 2009

In reference to Leonard Pitts's column: Eagerly Awaiting History's Verdict" on Jan. 18: Mr. Pitts, you once again amaze me. Your poison pen strikes again, another liberal left point of view without regard to truth or fairness. ...more

January 21, 2009

There are things that endure that are measured in hundreds of years. Other things last long enough to be measured in decades. ...more

January 15, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist reflected this week in an interview with The Tampa Tribune on current controversies, the highs and lows of 2008 and what lies ahead in 2009. ...more

December 14, 2008

FOOTBALL Out of the playoff race, Bears go head-to-head with Royal Knights trying to avoid last place in the 4A-8 standings. ...more

November 7, 2008