It's being called the coup de grace for France's decadelong experiment with a 35-hour work week - a policy that inspired both envy and ridicule in Europe and the United States, and even some copycats. ...more

September 4, 2008

A U.N. human rights team has found "convincing evidence" that some 90 civilians - among them 60 children - were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan on Thursday night. ...more

August 27, 2008

All five of my Civil War ancestors were poor, illiterate dirt farmers. Some knew how to scribble their names and others made an "X" when a signature was needed. Not one of them could write a letter home to be treasured and passed down. ...more

August 17, 2008

I can't even imagine how many melons have been thumped and tomatoes squeezed. How many vats of homemade bean soup have been served and how many times someone has leaned over the counter for that special cut of meat for an equally special occasion. ...more

August 6, 2008

Lorne H. Spence of Hudson wants the United States to follow Normway's lead and nationalize the oil industry. ...more

July 30, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners stirred a hornet's nest last year by proposing to eliminate local protections for wetlands. Public outcry made them back off, though they ordered a review of developers' complaints that county rules were arbitrary and extreme. ...more

July 17, 2008

A coalition opposed to a proposed "tax swap" constitutional amendment has filed a lawsuit challenging the ballot language on the initiative. ...more

July 4, 2008

The United States has cleared tomatoes in 28 of 31 Mexican states from suspicion in a recent salmonella outbreak, a move that drew praise from Mexican officials Saturday. ...more

June 22, 2008

It has been a while since my last article but I cannot stand by in silence as the city council will assess a fee on all homeowners. Brace yourselves and get ready to feel the wrath of the crown jewels. The crown paid $32,000 to come up with this fee and let's face it, it is a way to circumvent the reduction in taxes that was voted on and overwhelmingly passed by us the Florida taxpayers. ...more

June 8, 2008

Most Americans are waking up to understand that cheap gas prices are a thing of the past. No matter what we do, how we fuel our homes, cars and industry, the prices just won't go down anymore. It's the new reality that most of the world has been experiencing for decades. ...more

May 30, 2008