The Senate passed a giant tax package Tuesday that saves more than 20 million taxpayers from the bite of the alternative minimum tax. ...more

September 24, 2008

Money will not solve our lack of educational excellence. ...more

August 29, 2008

Our homeowners association is governed by Florida Statute 720. Our bylaws say that a director who has unexcused absences for three consecutive meetings has vacated his/her director's position. ...more

August 28, 2008

As American students prepare to head back to school, parents should prepare for the imminent advertising blitz. Commercials selling everything from laptops to lunch boxes will soon jam the airwaves as companies try to explain how their latest products will help make this school year a success. ...more

August 16, 2008

A slow economy, a free-spending Congress and an extravagant White House will give the nation its largest budget deficit ever next year - $482 billion. ...more

July 30, 2008

It's time to devote another column to answering your e-mails, because I know the readers below aren't alone in worrying about their investments and wondering how to keep their credit reports clean. ...more

July 27, 2008

Shades Of H.G. Wells Methinks Patrick Miketinac has to set the dial in his time machine to 2008 and come to visit us here in the real world. No matter how much you wring your hands or pull at your silver locks, we aren't anytime soon going back on the gold standard. Let's be realistic. I never said we could drill our way out of this, though I'm pretty sure we "not-drilled" our way into it. What would the Middle East look like today had we not been pouring our national wealth in their pockets for more than 30 years? Did you ever see "Lawrence of Arabia?" Now that's nostalgia! ...more

July 25, 2008

It's with great sadness that almost every week another business is shutting its doors in Highlands County due to a bad economy. Just a couple of years ago a lot of folks were conjuring any kind of business to open, believing the then-booming economy would make them successful. ...more

July 24, 2008

What's rising faster than gas prices this summer? Americans' worries about them. ...more

July 24, 2008

Home prices are in free fall. Unemployment is rising. Consumer confidence is plumbing depths not seen since 1980. When will it all end? ...more

July 22, 2008