When (oh when!) will the people and government of the United States learn the basic facts of personal and national economic life? ...more

March 30, 2009

"It's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay," President Obama said ...more

March 16, 2009

Valerie Iengo of Port Richey believes Washington, D.C., has a proven record of wasteful spending. The American people are capable of doing better, she writes. ...more

March 14, 2009

I've rarely witnessed a scenario like it, although some school-age mass murders have certainly been worse. Just a few weeks ago, apparently "out-of- it" California girl Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets and was proclaimed America's new Super Mom for a couple of days. ...more

March 8, 2009

I've rarely witnessed a scenario like it, although some school-age mass murders have certainly been worse. Just a few weeks ago, apparently "out-of- it" California girl Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets and was proclaimed America's new Super Mom for a couple of days. ...more

March 7, 2009

Small business owners are being crushed by a largely hysteria-created recession. ...more

February 6, 2009

A family member's medical emergency forced Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite to leave Washington Monday as the House prepared to debate and vote on President Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus package. ...more

January 28, 2009

The practice of tax law conjures images of bookish lawyers holed up in an office poring over tax codes - not the stuff of international intrigue. ...more

December 7, 2008

William Sharp, from the offices of Sharp & Associates in Tampa's West Shore business district, finds himself in the middle of the conflict – and in great demand. Some wealthy American taxpayers want to come clean with the IRS. They've hired his firm to help them voluntarily report assets they have in UBS accounts. He and his partners are traveling to Switzerland twice a month to review secret bank records. ...more

December 4, 2008

The American public, with great reservation, agreed to a $700 billion bailout to prevent a national financial catastrophe. A portion of that money has been spent, but everyone seems to be haggling over what to do with the rest of it. Most of the ideas are bad ones, and our leaders must protect the public from wasting the bailout money. ...more

November 13, 2008