The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. ...more

October 5, 2009

Downtown denizens flocked to a not-yet-open pizza joint this afternoon, cashing in on a free lunch. ...more

March 10, 2009

I don't understand the delay in deporting all these illegal immigrants. I don't understand it, but I know what the problem is — the Democrats. ...more

March 4, 2009

Patti Constantino-Martin of Spring Hill wants an end to bailouts and the government to seize the assets of the executives of failed financial institutions. ...more

February 25, 2009

I found a great deal of interesting reading in the paper last week. I read that Steve Chapman is offering corn-fed Iowa some of Illinois' overabundance of indicted officials, as a bonus offering them Lake Michigan and a baseball team. I suppose every state could find some things it would be willing to offer, in a reasonable exchange! The whole country is in a meltdown. Another thing I read was the revelation that Floridians give President Obama high approval ratings. Now, I know that many of us are retirees on fixed incomes, and we are grateful for any freebies we can get, but are we willing to have them charged to our children and great-grandchildren? Who is going to pay these bills when they come due? A few trillion dollars would seem to be quite a chunk of change! ...more

February 24, 2009

Jurors were offered conflicting views of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens during a four-week corruption trial: a cantankerous but credible senator who didn't know he was being lavished with free gifts, or a sour-faced, scheming one who thought he knew how to quietly get undisclosed freebies. ...more

October 21, 2008

It wasn't all about the bingo. Dozens of active seniors at the Senior Fun Fest strutted their stuff with an early morning walk around Sadie Park, then hightailed it onto the dance floor inside the Brandon Community Center for a little electric slide action. ...more

October 8, 2008

As of Monday morning, there were 17 companies signed up as vendors that will not only display their products but also give away "goodies" and "freebies" at Highlands County's first day-long, open-to-the-public, seminar on "going green." ...more

August 26, 2008