The Hope Diamond is going bare to celebrate a half-century at the Smithsonian. ...more

August 20, 2009

As the $789 billion economic stimulus package headed to President Barack Obama's desk, the question on everyone's mind was, "Will it work?" ...more

February 15, 2009

Until very recently, the relationship between automakers and policymakers went something like this: The industry asserted its position, and leaders in Washington largely acquiesced. ...more

February 7, 2009

For the past two decades, the nation could count on one thing to keep it going when economic times got tough: Consumers kept spending. ...more

October 4, 2008

The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. ...more

September 7, 2008

When most patients go to a pharmacy to fill a new prescription, they don't think twice about turning over the note from their doctor. ...more

August 20, 2008

Al Gore got it right when he said, "I don't remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously." ...more

August 4, 2008

President Bush says he doesn't have a magic wand, so he "can't just say, 'low gas.'" ...more

July 20, 2008

The city has collected $17.3 million in transportation impact fees in New Tampa during the past decade but managed to complete only one road project. ...more

July 2, 2008

Karl Rove was impressed with Barack Obama when he first met him. But now he sees him as a "coolly arrogant" elitist. ...more

June 26, 2008