Political System Broken Re: Frances Earl's column in the Sept. 25 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

September 30, 2008

Few actions taken by Congress have been as complicated as the proposed $700 billion rescue of Wall Street. Here's a closer look at how it would work. ...more

September 29, 2008

In regards to the letter from Mr. Garrett Hood's letter this past Tuesday in the Hernando Today, I wonder why people like him, Fran Earl and the other Democrats have to continue making personal attacks against McCain and Bush when writing. ...more

September 28, 2008

JPMorgan Chase's Thursday night takeover of troubled lender Washington Mutual Inc. didn't erase the dread of some borrowers, including Rick Howell of Tampa. He had a $169,000 equity line of credit with WaMu. ...more

September 27, 2008

Regarding Van Wie's letter, the reports of Obama's association with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Chicago crooks are bunk. They have been debunked on mainstream media like CNN and you can get the details on Factcheck.org. The latter is an Internet site that just checks facts without partisanship. ...more

September 26, 2008

The evidence is mounting that Tampa Bay home sales have hit bottom, even though prices are still in a free fall. ...more

September 25, 2008

I am not a Republican. Let me say something about the Democrats. When the Democrats took over the control of Congress their main goal for the first six months to a year was to destroy Bush. They worked hard but didn't quite succeed. ...more

September 24, 2008

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Sen. John McCain's campaign manager, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. ...more

September 24, 2008

Now that he's finally fired up on the soup-line economy, Barack Obama knows he can't fade out again. He was eager to talk privately to a Democratic ex-president who could offer more fatherly wisdom - not to mention a surreptitious smoke - and less fraternal rivalry. I called the "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin (yes, truly) to get a read-out of the meeting. This is his account: ...more

September 23, 2008

I am outraged by the recent "solutions" proposed by our "leaders" in Washington to the financial crisis. Unelected bureaucrats and several shameful congressmen have staged a dangerous coup. They have hijacked our wonderful democratic and free market institutions and debased them into socialist nightmares that would make Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin blush. If that doesn't alarm you, then try this: Over the past three months, two unelected bureaucrats have decided to spend $1 trillion (at least) of your money to prop up their former colleagues or future consulting gigs. ...more

September 23, 2008