The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines. ...more

August 8, 2008

Ken Sturmer of Hudson says not all children are a gift from God and neither is nuclear power. ...more

August 6, 2008

Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism ( www.journalism.org), recently spoke to Presstime Magazine about whether the presidential candidates or the media are controlling the campaign message, the increasing importance of political blogs and why The Daily Show is good news for newspapers. ...more

July 27, 2008

President Bush says he doesn't have a magic wand, so he "can't just say, 'low gas.'" ...more

July 21, 2008

President Bush says he doesn't have a magic wand, so he "can't just say, 'low gas.'" ...more

July 20, 2008

President Bush says he doesn't have a magic wand, so he "can't just say, 'low gas.'" ...more

July 20, 2008

John McCain has outdone presidential rival Barack Obama in campaign donations from Hillsborough County in recent months, reflecting evidence nationally that his fundraising is picking up steam -- or that Obama's may be losing some. ...more

July 14, 2008

We've seen the federal government at its worst over the past six months. Consider the controversies over contaminated tomatoes and meat, tainted toys, toxic trailers, counterfeit heparin, aircraft groundings, veterans' care, missing warheads and unrelenting contract fraud. For every NASA success on the surface of Mars, there seems to be a failure back on Earth. ...more

July 13, 2008

Far too many people are buckling under the strain of trying to run their households as consumer prices rise, home values decline and banks get tougher on letting them use credit to make up the shortfall in their pay. ...more

July 6, 2008

America's cities and towns will fill with parades, fireworks, and barbecues in celebration of the Fourth of July, the 232nd birthday of America. But one hopes that the speeches will contain fewer bromides and more attention to exactly what is being celebrated. The Fourth of July is Independence Day, but America's leaders and intellectuals have been trying to move us further and further away from the meaning of Independence Day, away from the philosophy that created this country. ...more

July 4, 2008