Soaring unemployment, rampant business closings and a crushing mortgage crisis have dampened any hopes of an economic turnaround in 2009. ...more

December 29, 2008

When New York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a commencement address at Oglethorpe University in May 1932, the economic crisis that had befallen the United States three years earlier had already morphed into the Great Depression: One in four Americans was out of work, banks were failing at a rate of 10 per week and the gross national product was at half its pre-crash level. ...more

December 27, 2008

Reaction to the recent letter to Hernando Today about immigrants helping our U.S. economy by bringing truck farm products to market was swift and specific to conservative values. ...more

December 30, 2007

There is a look one's children cultivate that marks the delicate transition from respected parent to aging dolt. ...more

December 25, 2007

Illegals Bring Home The Bacon, Keep Prices Low Illegals working Florida's citrus and truck farms picking fruits and vegetables send their money home to allow the second-highest contribution to Mexico's gross national product into the millions and millions, helping its economy and families attempting to build their lives toward reaching some parity with industrial nations for independence in home ownership and modest buying power in their country. ...more

December 22, 2007