As President Obama's socialized health care bill moves toward final passage, what can we expect in 2010? ...more

January 6, 2010

We have a lot of empty suits up in Washington, D.C., but U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite is certainly not one of them. ...more

January 2, 2010

Christmas joy After attending services the Saturday before Christmas at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Brooksville, my wife, granddaughter and I stopped at the Brooksville Publix to buy some groceries. ...more

January 2, 2010

Letters to the editor from the Dec. 26 print edition of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 26, 2009

Letters to the editor from the Dec. 26 North Pinellas print edition of The Suncoast News. ...more

December 26, 2009

Responding to U.S. Rep. Brown-Waite's recent article in the Dec. 20 edition, it appears she is continuing her onslaught to be re-elected again to a fourth term in the U.S. Congress. She is also mailing correspondence to numerous constituents throughout her assigned district calling attention to her bid for re-election. Upon reading her article, I had to read it several times which in my opinion amounted to political psycho-babble concerning her alleged accomplishments. ...more

December 24, 2009

Thank you for "The party crashers and decline of society" (Our Opinion, Dec. 7). Well said. ...more

December 9, 2009

They may still call it a "public plan," but private insurers - not the government - would offer coverage under a compromise Democrats are considering to win Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. ...more

December 8, 2009

CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today tried to build support and counter criticism of a proposal to sell a prison in rural northwestern Illinois to the federal government to house Guantanamo Bay detainees and other inmates. ...more

November 15, 2009

Banks will have to secure their customers' consent before charging large overdraft fees on ATM and debit card transactions, according to a new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Reserve. ...more

November 13, 2009