Iran’s apocalyptic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, takes no rhetorical prisoners with his belligerent declamations. Threatening to wipe a whole country, Israel, from the face of the earth is only Exhibit A. He’s also the personification of menacing brinkmanship with his nuclear nose-thumbing to the United Nations, common cause with Shiite insurgents in Iraq and threats about [...]
They could be at the beach. Or a bacchanalian resort. Or queuing up for an MTV backdrop. Or just sleeping late. But this year some 10,000 college students are spending their spring breaks – as well as their own money – to help clean up Katrina-ravaged regions in Louisiana and Mississippi. It’s all part of [...]
If anyone is entitled to speak out about the racial composition of Hillsborough County schools, it should be Sam Horton. A career educator who lived the “separate but equal” crucible, the 76-year-old president of the Hillsborough County branch of the NAACP remains an ardent “integrationist.” It is the guiding principle of a man who grew [...]
If anyone is entitled to speak out about the racial composition of Hillsborough County schools, it should be Sam Horton. A career educator who lived the “separate but equal” crucible, the 76-year-old president of the Hillsborough County branch of the NAACP remains an ardent “integrationist.” It is the guiding principle of a man who grew [...]
We don’t really know much about rookie Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill, except that he’s bright, charismatic and the darling of Democrats assigned to the savior watch. But some of his comments, as excerpted from the book, “The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People,” are as sage as they are refreshing. Obama, who’s [...]
We don’t really know much about rookie Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill, except that he’s bright, charismatic and the darling of Democrats assigned to the savior watch. But some of his comments, as excerpted from the book, “The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People,” are as sage as they are refreshing. Obama, who’s [...]
A federal judge finally approved an agreement allowing those 14 Cubans who had landed on an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys to come to the United States. It was the right – and humane – decision, although unconscionably late. The bridge had initially — and inexplicably — been deemed an inappropriate application of the [...]
A federal judge finally approved an agreement allowing those 14 Cubans who had landed on an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys to come to the United States. It was the right – and humane – decision, although unconscionably late. The bridge had initially — and inexplicably — been deemed an inappropriate application of the [...]
Finally, the Deborah Lafave case is over. And aside from Court TV and Marion County Circuit Judge Hale Stancil, everyone seems pretty much satisfied. Or just tired of hearing about it. Lafave, however, should have quit while she was ahead. She should have passed on the self-serving press conference. She used the forum to prattle [...]
The World Baseball Classic was obviously far from perfect in its debut. For everybody but Cuba, this is the pre-season. That means timing and conditioning is an issue. That’s why there were pitch-count limits. Spring-training inconvenience and concern for injuries prompted a number of players to beg off. Sometimes at the behest of their Major [...]
