I read the letters where the Constitution is used to make ones personal point, bent to fit their views. It is a good document in which our government should be run, but too many years have passed for it to now be absolute. If we want to go back to that time in history then we must remember that many of the writers owned slaves. There were indebted persons and a poor house in which to be jailed. Women of the time were only good to have children and keep the house. The writers could not have foreseen all the advances that have been made in our country; if they could some of the text might have been written differently. ...more

November 1, 2009

The greenback is as synonymous with the United States as apple pie and Chevrolet. ...more

October 24, 2009

War is what it took to stop the slide in gas prices. The ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza caused crude oil to increase by $9 per barrel for fear it could disrupt the flow of oil from the Middle East, according to AAA Auto Club South. ...more

January 5, 2009

After weeks of steady decline, gasoline prices in Florida and elsewhere have flattened as millions prepare to travel this holiday weekend. ...more

December 23, 2008

After weeks of steady decline, gasoline prices in Florida and elsewhere have flattened as millions prepare to travel this holiday weekend. ...more

December 22, 2008

The five-month slide in gas prices finally came to a halt last week. The average cost for a gallon of regular gas increased by less than half a cent, according to AAA Auto Club South. ...more

December 22, 2008

The price of gas could continue to slide, but not by much. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced Wednesday in Algeria it would cut crude oil production by more than 2 million barrels per day. ...more

December 18, 2008

OPEC on Wednesday agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from its daily production - its single largest cut ever - while bloc outsiders Russia and Azerbaijan announced their own cutbacks of hundreds of thousands of barrels from the market. ...more

December 18, 2008

Although oil prices rose last week, gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to fall. ...more

December 16, 2008

Although oil prices rose last week, gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to fall. Local retailers are charging $1.63 for a gallon of regular unleaded, down from $1.69 on Dec. 9, according to AAA. A year ago, the same grade of gas was averaging $3.01 a gallon. ...more

December 15, 2008