Opinion

Election season is upon us, and already the gloves are coming off between candidates and between some candidates and the public. The first ballot...

National Security Americans consume 25 percent of the world's produced oil, but our nation holds less than 3 percent of the world's proven oil...

Congratulations to The Anna Maria Island Privateers for staging another great Fourth of July parade, bringing together neighbors and visitors for a wonderful day...

The news media “is the enemy of the American people.” President Donald J. Trump Dear Mr. President: I first read that quote last year when you sent...

Lately it seems that a challenge is issued every few days against the media. Someone is always trying to silence our voices, the voices...

For as many years as we have had a free press, journalists have been protected by an unwritten code that essentially says, “Don’t slay...

A long, long time ago at a newspaper not so far away, two Tampa Tribune reporters did their job and wrote some stories. One was...

Kudos to the staff of the Annapolis, Md.-based Capital Gazette for putting out a newspaper the morning after five of their friends and co-workers...

Knowing they were potentially subjecting the city to another lawsuit, four of Bradenton Beach’s five city commission members displayed political courage last week when...

I’m amazed at those who continue to cloak themselves in the Pollyanna notion that the Anna Maria City Pier should be repaired. A notion...

It was a small reminder, really. A simple gesture, intended to make us think about something unthinkable and remember that which we might rather forget. Bradenton...

By Jack Clarke Can you name your city commissioners? Have you made the effort to speak in person to any of them? Many of your elected...

The kindness of strangers was on full view last week in the 2018 Giving Challenge. The philanthropic fundraiser generated a little more than $11.7 million...

Anna Maria Commissioner Amy Tripp made a good point last week when she suggested the $150,000 it would cost to install an automated license...

Like seasonal fruits and vegetables, the city of Anna Maria’s new farmer’s market is a fleeting pleasure with an expiration date: Tuesday, May 8. The...