Kraft Foods has gone hostile in its bid to buy Cadbury but didn't sweeten its first bid, drawing an immediate rejection from the British candymaker in what likely will be a lengthy takeover struggle. ...more

November 10, 2009

Forget about the day after Thanksgiving. These days, every day is Black Friday in the world of retail shopping. ...more

November 6, 2009

The big issue isn't whether A-Rod did something many other players did. The continued deception is the problem, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

February 17, 2009

The month-long struggle over the stimulus plan left behind a smoking battlefield of partisanship, but it also set the stage for a political collision on a scale seldom seen in Washington - a showdown on a succession of even more divisive issues that could shadow the future of the two major political parties. ...more

February 16, 2009

It's understood that Pittsburgh will beat Arizona come Sunday in the Super Bowl, probably badly. Forget about scoring points; the Steelers' defense may not let the Cardinals gain a single yard. Please tell me there is a fund somewhere to make sure Kurt Warner's life insurance premiums are paid. The man has a family. I don't really believe any of that, by the way – not a single word. ...more

January 27, 2009

Syndicated columnist Charley Reese a fixture in print editions of The Suncoast News for nearly 30 years, has written his ...more

September 6, 2008

each is ominously low - this much must be said on behalf of Robert Sullivan, long-shot candidate for Pasco County sheriff: He has an instinct for insurgency. ...more

June 24, 2008

It's understandable that members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans don't want their loved ones or heritage to be forgotten. Who does? ...more

June 4, 2008

The Pundit of Parker Street has noticed the employment policies of the Pasco County school district, and he is not amused. Thursday, he seized on the storied dismissal of Jim Piculas, a substitute teacher with a talent for minor prestidigitation, and pinned it to the cover of the Metro section as a prime example of how civilization is replaced by foamy-mouthed superstition at the northern edge of County Line Road. ...more

May 18, 2008

"Although the absolute numbers seem large and impressive, they are small compared with the existing tax revenues and local economy." - Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys, Cato Institute, "The Stadium Gambit and Local Economic Development" ...more

December 21, 2007