Not so fresh from Democratic Farms we have the Christmas turkey, a tough old bird garnished with false hopes and crushed ideals. What was sold as a plump, fresh and vigorous model of holiday cheer has been fashioned by amateur chefs into an over-cooked, over-stuffed and over-sold load of half truths. ...more

December 25, 2009

Something absolutely must be done about the legalized extortion suffered by senior citizens at the hands of health insurance companies. My wife and I have been customers of our health insurance company for seven years. In the first five years, our premiums were increased an average of 18.5 percent per year, despite the fact that the cost of living increased less than 3 percent per year. ...more

December 25, 2009

Please understand; most of us are okay. It is a small minority that disrupts our society, but when we witness wrongdoing and do nothing, we are also guilty. For example: my generation, the children of the Greatest Generation, pursued pot, marijuana, which led to cocaine and LSD, etc (not all of us.) We thought nothing of it, not conscious these drugs just don't go away. We accumulated and passed them on to future generations, not considering that years later the results would become evident, the amount and substance ingested dictating the degree of results. ...more

December 23, 2009

Our present government is the most hypocritical organization we have had in power for many a year. They rant and rave about the corruption, greed, graft and voter fraud in countries around the world but within the past two weeks they have bought two important votes to get their health bill passed. Where is all the uproar now? ...more

December 22, 2009

Something absolutely must be done about the legalized extortion suffered by senior citizens at the hands of health insurance companies. My wife and I have been customers of our health insurance company for seven years. In the first five years, our premiums were increased an average of 18.5 percent per year, despite the fact that the cost of living increased less than 3 percent per year. Two years ago, when our insurance company informed us that our annual premiums would be $14,400 plus a $2,000 deductible for two healthy 58 year olds, we knew something had to be done. ...more

December 21, 2009

"Live and let live" masks a shallow philosophy. If it worked, we could loose all prisoners. Four law officers murdered in Washington this past week would be alive. Instead of learning from tragedies, we foster them. Our solutions resemble weakening our coffee so much we might as well drink mud. ...more

December 3, 2009

John Shuey's letter ("Union bashing," Nov. 4) tries to point out the evils of management while vainly attempting to show the virtues of unionism. Let me point out to him that while unions did play an important role during the early 20th century in ridding the many abuses that management was guilty of, this is no longer the case. ...more

November 8, 2009

Chris Zane of Bayonet Point says op-ed page columnist Rich Lowry should stop criticizing President Barack Obama. ...more

June 17, 2009

Former Tampa Bay Rays baseball player Elijah Dukes could be jailed for 90 days if he fails to pay $39,767 in legal fees for his estranged wife, her attorney said Friday. ...more

May 30, 2009

We elected President Obama to do the job of correcting the damage done by the last president. Support President Obama and help him do the job we the people elected him to do. Put aside your greed and jealousy and let President Obama lead us into a good and sustainable economy. ...more

April 9, 2009