Don't think tax rates matter to business decisions? Ask H. Wayne Huizenga, the owner of the Miami Dolphins, who declared earlier this week that he intends to sell up to half his ownership in the NFL franchise before next year. ...more

November 1, 2008

If Obama lived in number-obsessed China, he'd try to have 95 in his phone number or live at an address with 95 in it. ...more

October 25, 2008

At a lunch meeting Thursday with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, former President Clinton said he would do "a substantial number of things" to for Obama's campaign this fall. ...more

September 12, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

and the quadrennial whine. ...more

August 24, 2008

Stimulate Year-Round I received my stimulus check last week. It was nice, but I have to wonder if all involved couldn't have saved a lot of time, effort and expense if the IRS simply hadn't taken the money from me in the first place. Given the usual governmental overhead, it probably costs $650 to produce and cover every $600 check. ...more

May 27, 2008

Although Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers insist that she is determined to win the Democratic nomination, former President Clinton, for one, has begun privately musing about a different outcome for her: As Sen. Barack Obama's running mate. ...more

May 23, 2008

The 2008 elections are crucial for all, particularly so for the young and the frail elderly. It's time for both parties to get specific about poverty, education and health care. Both Bill Clinton and the Bush's endorsed welfare cuts, giving the choice of "work or no welfare" to many needy. What choices do they have ? The young and old cannot work, yet if they have no wage earner or political support, they are dropped from the safety net. In education, "No Child Left Behind" failed in Bush's Texas. Middle class Americans can pay high school property taxes which ensure good school with facilities for young minds and bodies, but these are not the needy families with deprived and undernourished children. They and the poor elderly desperately need our attention. It's a common sense investment to offer disadvantaged kids a chance to learn a living wage skill. Discrimination and second class schools do not a well adjusted adult make. It only reinforces the old cycle that "we are not good enough or worthy enough for your best efforts." We are not mean people, nor unfeeling politicians seeking profit. We are generally kind to the less fortunate, but we need to be reminded that our immigrant forefathers were given opportunities that we now deny some citizens. ...more

February 21, 2008

Gathering strength, Sen. Barack Obama collected a key labor endorsement and coaxed away one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegates Friday, at the same time he criticized his rival for supporting legislation harmful to workers. ...more

February 16, 2008

I thought your Jan. 17 article "Official Demoted For Accepting Gift" (Metro) was interesting. It appears Carlos Llerandi, a Tampa Fire Rescue fire inspector, accepted a free hockey ticket during the 2003-04 season. He attended the game and now his acceptance is considered "inappropriate." ...more

January 24, 2008