" ... ObamaCare basically means that every time you are sick or injured, you will have a clerk from the Department of Motor Vehicles telling your doctor what he can and cannot do," wrote comedian/pundit Ben Stein. This might not be such a bad thing if it came to be. ...more

October 9, 2009

Here's a sobering thought that nobody seems to be raising: If we had followed the plan to privatize Social Security by investing in Wall Street securities, then this week's meltdown of our financial system would be eating up the retirement plans of millions of seniors. And the government bailout of major financials - at a discount - would have cost all Americans even more than it's costing us now. ...more

September 19, 2008

Workers Would Be Hurt Regarding "An Income Tax Could Rescue Florida" (Commentary, Jan. 13): ...more

January 21, 2008

Former Tribune correspondent and longtime Sarasota resident Bob Ardren died Tuesday of cancer, said his longtime companion of 24 years, Cathy Ciccolella. He was 67. ...more

January 2, 2008

"Dark of the Moon," by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95) ...more

December 9, 2007

Resource Management Regarding "The $40 Million Question" (Metro, Nov. 8): Amid the overheated rhetoric of county commissioners who should know better (kids have only two choices: crack addiction or baseball? Really!), here's another plan: ...more

November 15, 2007

'Dark of the Moon,' by John Sandford (Putnam, $26.95) ...more

October 19, 2007