Before it came time to turn the page Sunday afternoon, the Rays took one last look back. ...more

February 16, 2009

The massive economic stimulus package approved by Congress dramatically ramps up spending for a broad array of social programs for needy Americans in a way not seen since the launch of the Great Society programs. ...more

February 15, 2009

Throughout history, people have been oppressed to the point of desperation. Once the pain of enduring any longer becomes severe enough, a backlash begins to brew. ...more

February 12, 2009

Back in the early 1990s, when Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was still considered "the Maestro," I asked him what he thought of the Reagan administration's economic program. I anticipated a discussion of 1980s tax and interest rate policy. That's not what I got. ...more

January 18, 2009

When movie producers approached Gina Prince-Bythewood seven years ago to write the screenplay for "The Secret Life of Bees," she didn't have time to read the 300-page novel. ...more

November 1, 2008

On Monday morning, Michael Jacobson, executive director of Highlands County Habitat for Humanity, showed the first architectural drawings for the 100 townhouses that will go up at Ridgeview, Habitat's newest and by far biggest home building project ever. ...more

September 30, 2008

Adrienne Radtke plans to keep riding her bike to work even if gas prices drop. Steve Pizzini got rid of his Cadillac Escalade in favor of a 16-year-old Acura and doesn't expect to have another gas-guzzler. ...more

July 22, 2008

Everyone has heard about the record "profits" of United States oil companies. These companies are also in record debt due to the lack of backing and restrictions placed on them by our government. Oil companies are not the problem. Why doesn't President George W. Bush do something to help us? ...more

May 28, 2008

Recently, I heard on the radio that the city of Clearwater had placed dead last as a desirable retirement destination. The poll cited too many old people as the reason for its lack of appeal. ...more

December 14, 2007

Millions of inventions pass quietly through the U.S. patent office each year. Patent No. 7,033,406 did, too, until energy insiders spotted six words in the filing that sounded like a death knell for the internal combustion engine. ...more

September 17, 2007