Recently I noted that the state of Florida education system was a troubling symptom of our society, then that corporations were a troubling symptom of world economy. Well, the lack of a viable educational system is a troubling symptom of our civilization. This country has grown to be the greatest nation the world has ever seen. Not that we are superior, but that previous generations had overcome significant human flaws for 300 years to provide God-given alienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. ...more

December 24, 2009

Please understand; most of us are okay. It is a small minority that disrupts our society, but when we witness wrongdoing and do nothing, we are also guilty. For example: my generation, the children of the Greatest Generation, pursued pot, marijuana, which led to cocaine and LSD, etc (not all of us.) We thought nothing of it, not conscious these drugs just don't go away. We accumulated and passed them on to future generations, not considering that years later the results would become evident, the amount and substance ingested dictating the degree of results. ...more

December 23, 2009

The show will go on, as congregations plan celebrations to keep the focus on the true meaning of the holiday. ...more

December 4, 2009

An economic development task force has recommended that Hillsborough County "aggressively" push for a 1-cent sales tax in 2010 to fund mass transit. ...more

June 18, 2009

"The better the villain," Alfred Hitchcock said, "the better the movie." And in the epic production that is the United States of America, we have followed that advice since the earliest settlers landed. For every hero the American story factory produces, a vivid new villain comes off the assembly line in short order. ...more

April 2, 2009

The message President Barack Obama delivered to Detroit on Monday was as remarkable as it was blunt: What is good for America will have to be good enough for GM. ...more

March 31, 2009

Buy The Houses As a constituent, I'm concerned with the government's trigger happy approach to spending money on aiding a sickly banking industry. In fact, I find myself asking exactly what this is doing for the average American, while more people are losing homes and jobs, and ending up in shelters and on the street. My mom teaches kids whose families are afflicted by the economic crisis, and her school has been helping to shower and clothe kids in this position. ...more

March 22, 2009

In hard economic times people are supposed to turn to comedy for escape. Right? ...more

March 18, 2009

Congress' Gumption I find laughable the concern Congress is exhibiting over the AIG bonuses and "greed" situation. If Congress was as smart as they want us to believe, they would have performed some due diligence and discovered the bonus contracts' issue before they gave AIG billions in bailouts. ...more

March 18, 2009

With the Dow below 7,000, many investors are wondering whether they should keep their money in the market or make a run for it. ...more

March 4, 2009