The United States has the best health care in the world, but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the complexity by adding hundreds of new provisions, regulations, mandates, committees and other arbitrary bureaucratic inventions. ...more

November 29, 2009

Another huge value-destroying hurricane is about to slam America, destroying billions of dollars of value. Another Katrina? No, another Christmas. ...more

November 27, 2009

The issue: Privatization of county government services. Our opinion: In some cases it makes a lot of sense, but officials should examine prospects carefully. ...more

March 22, 2009

President George W. Bush will be judged on what he did. He will also be remembered for what he's like: a fast-moving, phrase-mangling Texan who stays upbeat even though his country is not. ...more

January 3, 2009

In 2006, Florida launched the first substantial reform of Medicaid since the program was originated more than three decades ago. The goals of reform were to improve the quality of health care provided to 2.2 million poor, elderly and disabled citizens under the state-federal program and to control skyrocketing costs that threatened the sustainability of this important program. ...more

November 29, 2008

Bob Germaine, 57, said if he's elected, he won't be a one-term clerk. He's been working in the office for 36 years and is Luke Brooker's chief deputy on the criminal courts side. ...more

October 12, 2008

I guess the ink is dry on the "talking points" generated by the Spring Hill Fire Board. Now the barrage of information can begin. ...more

July 31, 2008

Florida's child welfare workers soon will be carrying handheld GPS devices, similar to those UPS uses to track packages, to electronically update case information during home visits and show they were made. ...more

February 22, 2008

The message of change being delivered by the voters in campaign '08 is directed as much against Des Moines, Lansing and Tallahassee as it is against Washington. ...more

January 28, 2008

The door that could lead to the merging of the Brooksville Housing Authority and its Hernando County counterpart has been cracked. ...more

January 25, 2008