Thank you to Susan Westley for her timely article ("Child's play," Views, Nov. 15). As a retired Hillsborough County teacher, I agree with her. Our primary-age children are being denied their rights as children. ...more

November 17, 2009

Hillsborough County voters must be getting used to something new every time they show up to cast their ballots. For some reason the people in charge of elections around here have found it necessary almost every voting cycle to go out and spend a few million dollars or so to install voting machines that can guarantee that when you cast a ballot, it will be counted and they can go back and check it out. ...more

November 7, 2008

My husband and I decided to vote by absentee ballot this year for the first time. When we opened our ballots, we were shocked to see that on the ballot, it said that it must be filled out with a No. 2 pencil, and yet the secret sleeve we were to put the completed ballot in before mailing said that the ballot had to be filled out in either blue or black ink. Both said that if not done properly, the vote would not count. ...more

October 15, 2008

Today at 8:12 a.m., we're one day before the new moon, which means today through Thursday fishing should be good to excellent at the very least. ...more

September 28, 2008

It began with four students 50 years ago. It turned into a place that established community traditions and showed possibilities to children who thought they were lazy or dumb. ...more

September 24, 2008

It began with four students 50 years ago. It turned into a place that established community traditions and showed possibilities to children who thought they were lazy or dumb. ...more

September 24, 2008

At 7:58 p.m. today, we're exactly three days away from the second new moon of August. This Saturday provides the excellent fishing conditions, with the midday heat to contend with the only serious challenge. ...more

August 27, 2008

When the voting booth curtain envelopes you or your computer, marking pencil hovers above a candidate's name. Reject the roar of secular humanism and its Hollywood puppets, and respond to the whisper of our 40 million victims of "a woman's right to choose," Vote. David M. Jayjack Sebring ...more

August 16, 2008

Many Just Don't Care Regarding "3 Area Schools Targeted For Closing" (front page, July 30): ...more

August 8, 2008

"So what do you do," I asked my schoolteacher wife, "when your entire class gets out of hand? Do you send them down to the principal's office or whack 'em in the back of the neck with a ruler, or do you just have them write down something 500 times on the blackboard?" ...more

July 28, 2008