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

July 24, 2008

It shouldn't surprise anyone that voter registration in Highlands County is at an all-time high. There is a lot of unrest throughout the country, including our own county. We should take voter interest as a good sign. ...more

July 16, 2008

He is not alone. After the closed-door session in the Mayflower Hotel's ballroom, Gus was among 20 participants who gathered for drinks to talk it over. They agreed it was not an "exciting performance." Obama was "low-key" in a perfunctory appeal to them. ...more

July 11, 2008

Voluntary Presidency? I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not the dumbest either, I hope! ...more

July 3, 2008

ROCK ON AT DAYTONA In case you didn't know this, actor Kevin Costner has a rock band. ...more

June 25, 2008

What's the use of paper ballots if no one looks at them? That's the question that election watchdogs continue to press, even as the state's election supervisors race to implement the 2007 election law requiring every Florida county to vote on paper ballots. ...more

June 15, 2008

Saying the United States should "abolish this archaic way we elect presidents," Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson argued in a Tampa news conference Friday for eliminating the Electoral College. ...more

June 14, 2008

Florida's secretary of state says it doesn't make sense to continue taking up state archive space with ballots from the 2000 presidential election. ...more

June 2, 2008

Regarding "The People Should Decide" (Letters, May 3): The people of the United States do not choose the president - at least not directly. ...more

May 12, 2008

I find the use of superdelegates outrageously undemocratic. The fact is one's individual vote becomes more remote in directly counting in a presidential election, not only since 1980 when the superdelegate system started, but from the beginning of our nation. ...more

May 11, 2008