The $500 billion that the U.S. government estimates it will cost to buy the risky investments of financial institutions in coming months approaches what it costs to run the Pentagon for a year. ...more

September 20, 2008

It Pays To Be Nice The primary was barely over when I had to pack my bags to go to the convention. ...more

September 14, 2008

Bill Fanning of Hudson congratulates the Republican Party for creating many problems on the national and state level. ...more

August 30, 2008

If there is one term I am sick to death of already this political season, it is "flip-flop." In the era of "gotcha" politics, changing your mind has become synonymous with incompetence and is the worst "sin" a candidate could commit. Just like a second-grader insisting a classmate has "cooties," one side is always accusing the other of "flip-flopping on the issues." ...more

July 19, 2008

Do any of the drilling advocates actually realize how small our petroleum reserves are? We consume 25 percent of the world's oil and have 2 percent of the world's reserves. Domestic drilling ensures our oil runs out faster and encourages Americans to continue consuming at four times the rate of the rest of the world. ...more

June 25, 2008

Walid Persen of Dunedin says the nation's current woes are the fault of Republicans. ...more

June 14, 2008

A long way from Iraq and the war debate in Washington, Herman Moore sat outside a tent in a downtown New Orleans homeless camp, trying to make sense of a proposal that helps Iraqi war refugees but will likely exclude Hurricane Katrina victims. ...more

June 9, 2008

Everyone has heard about the record "profits" of United States oil companies. These companies are also in record debt due to the lack of backing and restrictions placed on them by our government. Oil companies are not the problem. Why doesn't President George W. Bush do something to help us? ...more

May 28, 2008

Will Retire When Ready Regarding "Early Retirement Unpatriotic" (Commentary, April 27): ...more

May 4, 2008

Losing Freedom Of Choice The great American humorist, Will Rogers, said, "Those people in Washington are no worse than the people who put them there," and added, "they're better than those who didn't vote at all." ...more

February 17, 2008