His marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. Everything Jason Rodriguez sought ended in failure. Except his alleged plot to kill. ...more

November 8, 2009

AIG said Wednesday it is putting its downtown Manhattan headquarters and a nearby office building on the sales block. ...more

March 18, 2009

Buddy Johnson has proven to be one of Jeb Bush's biggest mistakes. ...more

February 5, 2009

When Barack Obama flubbed a line while being sworn in as 44th president of the United States, a crowd of more than 100 at the New Port Richey Library good-naturedly laughed with him. When the nation's first black president spoke of establishing "unity of purpose over conflict and discord" and said that all Americans "deserve the opportunity to pursue the full measure of their happiness," the enthusiastic crowd applauded loudly. ...more

January 21, 2009

Since the subprime mortgage troubles exploded into a full-blown financial crisis last year, the three top credit-rating agencies - Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings - have faced a firestorm of criticism about whether their rosy ratings of mortgage securities generated billions of dollars in losses to investors who relied on them. ...more

December 20, 2008

The American public has seen enough of Congress's political sleight of-hand. ...more

December 19, 2008

Although this past election didn't turn out as I desired for the country, I must say I was more pleased with the results in our local elections. The Brown-Waite and Schenck wins made me happy as did the almost-clean-sweep of the commissioners running for re-election. Good riddance to Chris Kingsley and Diane Rowden, no matter how they and their family members pout and call the voters names. ...more

November 21, 2008

A man who killed a Tampa police officer in 1981 and wounded another in an aborted drug bust was again found incompetent to be sentenced for his crimes. ...more

September 26, 2008

Kevin Beckner likes to say that he is the best choice to win the District 6 County Commission seat because his two Democratic opponents in the primary have together lost nine elections. ...more

August 10, 2008

Four years ago, Boeing was the corporate villain, the powerful Chicago-based company cheated to win a lucrative contract to build tankers for the Air Force. An outraged Congress killed the deal and forced the Air Force to rebid the contract. Boeing was fined $615 million, CEO Phil Condit resigned and a Boeing executive and an Air Force procurement officer went to prison. ...more

July 4, 2008