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The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt travels through San Diego Bay as seen from Shelter Island after leaving Naval Air Station North Island in 2020.
President Biden’s mixed up priorities for the U.S. Navy | Column
“Through America’s leadership, the international community has kept commerce moving around the globe and has held piracy and maritime lawlessness at bay.”
Florida’s property insurance crisis is over! Really, it is. | Letters
Pat Ton, holding his dog Ginger, takes in the damage to homes and businesses on Third Street at Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian struck in September.
Here’s what readers are saying in Saturday’s letters to the editor.
Florida misfires on fighting gun violence| Editorial
An Sig Sauer 9 mm handgun
Other low points of the week across Tampa Bay and Florida: Misguided abortion messages, an unneeded turf dispute and shortsighted on public health.
If only the Michelangelo mess in a Florida school was surprising
Michelangelo's "David."
With a principal’s resignation, ‘David’ has been dragged into our weird, tiresome politics.

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  1. President Biden’s mixed up priorities for the U.S. Navy | Column
    Earlier today• Opinion
    The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt travels through San Diego Bay as seen from Shelter Island after leaving Naval Air Station North Island in 2020.
  2. Florida’s property insurance crisis is over! Really, it is. | Letters
    Earlier today• Opinion
    Pat Ton, holding his dog Ginger, takes in the damage to homes and businesses on Third Street at Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian struck in September.
  3. Florida misfires on fighting gun violence| Editorial
    Earlier today• Opinion
    An Sig Sauer 9 mm handgun
  5. If only the Michelangelo mess in a Florida school was surprising
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Michelangelo's "David."
  6. Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard was right to stand up to fiscal insanity | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard resigned earlier this week.
  7. Parking in Tampa Bay is such a ripoff
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Fans tailgate and mingle ahead of a Bucs game against the Dallas Cowboys near Bucs Beach on Jan. 16 in Tampa.
  8. Expect more violent crime if Florida passes permitless gun carry | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Guns on display at a gun store in Miami. Florida lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow permitless carry of guns in public.
  9. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ travel is not a state secret | Editorial
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Proposed legislation would make secret the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis, shown here in February, and other top state officials.
  10. If Gov. DeSantis is so bad, why are so many people moving to Florida? | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    A photograph taken by astronaut Reid Wiseman shows Florida and the gulf coast all the way west to Louisiana.
  11. Climate ‘doomism’ and why it hurts the climate | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Smoke and steam rise out of the stacks at Tampa Electric Company's Big Bend Station.
  12. Editorial Cartoons for Friday from Times Wire Services
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Cartoon
  13. The Times Editorial Board picks for Tampa City Council
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    The Tampa runoff elections are April 25. Early voting starts April 17.
  14. That time we reporters at Playboy asked Jimmy Carter that question | Column
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    Jimmy Carter with journalists Robert Scheer (middle) and Barry Golson in 1976.
  15. Trump’s Stormy Daniels payoff could finally get him indicted. But should it? | Column
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    Former President Donald Trump arrives for an event at the Adler Theatre on March 13 in Davenport, Iowa.
  16. Florida pets deserve access to telemedicine | Letters
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    Bills have been filed in the Florida House and Senate that would open the way for widespread telemedicine for pets.
  17. Editorial Cartoons for Thursday from Times Wire Services
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    Cartoon
  18. It’s time to take a closer look at the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority | Editorial
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    A state House bill calls for studying the dissolution of Hillsborough County's transit authority, shown here during a meeting March 6 in Tampa.
  19. How much more will lawmakers give away to Florida insurance companies? | Letters
    Mar. 22• Opinion
    A recent bill in the Florida Legislature would make it harder to sue insurance companies.
  20. St. Petersburg should support modest plan to increase housing density | Editorial
    Mar. 22• Opinion
    St. Petersburg is struggling from a lack of affordable homes and up to 90,000 more residents are expected to move in over the next three decades.
  21. Spring break 2023 is over, Tampa Bay. Reality is back.
    Mar. 21• Opinion
    Welcome back! Did you miss them?
  22. This bipartisan bill in Congress would help Florida tackle harmful algal blooms | Column
    Mar. 21• Opinion
    Dead fish lie at the high tide line on Clearwater Beach on March 9. Pinellas County was among the coastal Southwest Florida counties reporting the presence of toxic red tide blooms earlier this month as the patchy wave of algae persists in the Gulf of Mexico.
  23. I may be no ‘expert,’ but I know something about teaching | Letters
    Mar. 21• Opinion
    A letter writer writes that, "I have watched a profession I love lose bright, talented people because of low pay, low morale and constant degradation by elected officials."
  24. Editorial Cartoons for Tuesday from Times Wire Services
    Mar. 21• Opinion
    Cartoon
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