First, I will give the current administration the benefit of the doubt. I can overlook the lost evidence and the cases that will subsequently be dropped. A few lucky criminals will get away. I can look past the deceit of the two different reports on the evidence audit. I will also look past the verbal abuse while in uniform of a county commissioner on a darkened parking lot. I can also overlook her other well documented explosive temper episodes, which have been reported widely. ...more

October 16, 2008

The state of the economy is the uppermost concern of all Americans. ...more

October 6, 2008

General Motors Corp.'s treasurer said Wednesday that the automaker is planning to put its Strasbourg, France, manufacturing operation and its Hummer truck brand up for sale and may announce more asset sales later this year. ...more

September 25, 2008

The monthly premium for the vast majority of the elderly and disabled participating in Medicare will hold steady at $96.40 next year. It's the first time since 2000 that the charge for health coverage is not increasing. ...more

September 20, 2008

This Labor Day finds workers in worse shape than they've been in years, according to a scorecard released today by Rutgers University. ...more

September 1, 2008

Social Security turns 73 this month, marking over seven decades of one of the nation's most successful and important social programs. As Barack Obama has said, it is "the cornerstone of the social compact in this country." ...more

August 18, 2008

Six health care facilities in Hernando and Citrus counties will ban smoking inside and on their grounds on Jan. 1. ...more

August 1, 2008

Aid Level Is Adequate Regarding "Expand Food Stamps Aid" (Other Views, July 14): ...more

July 19, 2008

In an ominous sign for drugmakers, the number of prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies in the United States is growing at its worst rate in at least a decade as consumers are squeezed by both a troubled economy and the growing burden of out-of-pocket health care costs. ...more

July 17, 2008

and they blame President Bush. This fact, more than anything else, makes it hard to see how the Democrats can lose this election. ...more

July 8, 2008