The Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance didn't choose an interim president, but its board of directors did vote to pursue establishing a whistleblower hot line. ...more

February 25, 2010

How to eat sushi without destroying our oceans or the fish supply. ...more

May 12, 2009

After months of legal troubles, Earl and Clarissa Johnson were about to regain custody of their children. On Thursday, though, a month before they were to be reunited, Lakeland police say their youngest son, 17-month-old Zachary, was brutally beaten and killed by his uncle, Matthew Wyrosdick. ...more

March 15, 2009

The law regarding use of workers' compensation benefits is clear: It is to be paid out to someone who is hurt or injured on the job. ...more

February 26, 2009

Microsoft is asking some laid-off employees for a portion of their severance back, ...more

February 23, 2009

A commuter plane that smashed into a house apparently plunged flat to the ground rather than nose-diving, ending up pointed away from the airport it was trying to reach, investigators said Saturday. ...more

February 15, 2009

Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson didn't get the $2.3 million he wanted to cover what he characterized as "unexpected" election costs, but he will get an audit courtesy of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

December 18, 2008

Random thoughts on the passing scene: The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer - and they don't want explanations that do not give them that. ...more

September 2, 2008

I was sorely disappointed when reading that the Highlands County School Board had backed down after listening to a few speeches by people who were claiming that evolution is a proven scientific fact, and that any other theory had no right to a discussion in science classes! Correct me if I am wrong, but it is my understanding that a scientific "theory" is accepted on the basis of such criteria as the following: 1. It must be observable. 2. It must be reproducible. 3. It must be predictable. If evolution had those three characteristics, perhaps we could accept it as a viable explanation for what we see all around us; the astonishing complexity of life, the world and the universe. ...more

February 17, 2008

Spygate and seedings emerged as the most compelling topics discussed by Commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday in his annual state of the NFL news conference. ...more

February 2, 2008