Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Americans should be wary of "cradle-to-grave micromanagement" of health care by the federal government. ...more

March 21, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor has concerns about the economic game plan President-elect Barack Obama has been putting together during the transition. ...more

December 20, 2008

Today more than 160,000 Floridians live in nursing homes or similar long-term care settings, and many are unaware of their rights and the resources available to protect and defend them. ...more

October 4, 2008

Things Will Get Worse Right-wing Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the U.S. Supreme court have finally prevailed on gun control, at least for now. I have enjoyed the letters in your paper from local gun owners celebrating their victory. ...more

July 5, 2008

President Pervez Musharraf lifted the 6-week old state of emergency and restored the constitution on Saturday, after passing a flurry of constitutional amendments and decrees to ensure his recent actions would not be challenged by any court. ...more

December 16, 2007

Sen. Bill Nelson spent more than a month trying to convince Howard Dean to come up with a plan under which the votes made by Florida's Democrats in the January primary would count for something, but the chairman of the Democratic National Committee rebuffed him at every turn. ...more

October 5, 2007

Plaintiffs vowed to take the fight over gay marriage in Maryland to the Legislature after the state's highest court threw out a suit Tuesday challenging a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ...more

September 19, 2007