Name of business: lil-bit of Florida Location: 1023 W. Palmetto St., Avon Park ...more

November 15, 2009

Pasco County's residential construction and real estate markets have been hammered to the canvas and show no signs of getting back on their feet. So Pasco officials anxious to reshape the county to their liking appear ready to pounce. ...more

October 28, 2009

Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean does not seem to understand the intertwined concepts of propriety, economics and accountability to proper authority. ...more

September 24, 2009

To gain some familiarity with economics, youngsters from Quail Hollow Elementary School operated a market in which students sold items they made. The students are learning the benefits of producing and selling. They got pretend money for items they made and used the money to buy the work of others. The students also were paid for their behavior in class and used that pretend money at the market Thursday. ...more

May 29, 2009

President Barack Obama says the economy is starting to show "glimmers of hope." ...more

April 10, 2009

Courage Deficit I thought the letter March 30 on "Economics 101" by Hugh Williamson was brilliant. It should be viewed by every American and acted on. The strategy seems so simple to understand, yet so difficult to act on. Are we too weak and dense to see where our immediate lack of control is taking us? ...more

April 1, 2009

After reading Dallas Dunlap's letter this past Sunday, I continue to be amazed at the hypocrisy by some who after nearly eight years railing against deficit spending when George Bush was in office don't have a problem with it now that Barack Obama is in office. ...more

March 18, 2009

Girls and boys in grades three through 12 are participating in organized sports activities like never before. But disparities exist, based on economics, race, gender and community size. ...more

October 10, 2008

WASHINGTON — A conservative columnist who welcomed Sarah Palin's entry in national politics says she's proven to be a dud and should step aside as John McCain's running mate. ...more

September 26, 2008

It is truly disgusting how the political campaigns for the one of the most prestigious offices on this planet have digressed into outrageous smear campaigns. Those of us who were formally trained in professional sales were always taught to sell the features and benefits of our own products without ever mentioning the competition. Do theses candidates have so little to propose that their best election pitch is make us believe they are the lesser of two evils, or do these people have so little faith in the intelligence of the average American that they feel this is the only way to communicate? ...more

September 24, 2008