Don't Forget Merchants Funny, we hear so much about the big corporations hurting from this economy yet very little is mentioned about small business owners (though my chiropractor did ask me if I was going to Washington to ask for a bailout for my company). Other than that, not many are calling to ask how I am surviving the recession as a small business owner. ...more

January 12, 2009

Editor's note: The following letter was sent to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and is reprinted here at the author's request. ...more

November 13, 2008

Sickles Gets 5-Star Basketball Recruit For the Sickles varsity boys basketball program, it was a one-in-a-million chance. ...more

August 21, 2008

We're sure the good folks at Wendy's worked long hours and invested great amounts of sweat equity into their new product. No doubt millions were spent on R&D and focus groups and marketing budgets and awareness campaigns and restaurant staff training. All to jump feet-first into the very crowded and very lucrative breakfast market. ...more

July 30, 2008

How many state regulatory agencies does it take to ensure signs off the coast of the city of Port Richey properly warn boaters not to damage sea-grass beds? At least one too many it seems. ...more

June 11, 2008

TALLAHASSEE West Virginia's search to find a replacement for Rich Rodriguez continues to cross paths with Florida State. On Tuesday, FSU offensive line coach Rick Trickett interviewed for the job and according to reports, made a favorable impression on officials at the school where he spent six seasons as an assistant at before joining the Noles this season. ...more

December 21, 2007

This year, as Jamestown, Va., splashily celebrated the 400th anniversary of its founding as the nation's first permanent English settlement, the home of Plymouth Rock found itself on the defensive. ...more

November 23, 2007

Waldemar 'Wally' Meyer, 57, is pastor at Christ Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. He recently returned from a three-month sabbatical, during which he traveled to preach in Puerto Rico and Germany. In addition to English, Meyer speaks Spanish and German, the language of his ancestors. His greatest loves are the church, his wife and music. ...more

September 8, 2007