In the Oct. 27 edition of Hernando Today, I was rather amused by Dallas Dunlap's letter in which he pretty much calls me a hypocrite and uninformed. ...more

November 2, 2009

So, how well will health reform work after it passes? There's a part of me that can't believe I'm asking that question. After all, serious health reform has long seemed like an impossible dream. And it could yet go all wrong. ...more

October 27, 2009

A simple apology would have sufficed. Instead, Sen. Russ Feingold has decided to follow his McCain-Feingold evisceration of the First Amendment with Feingold-McCain, more vandalism against the Constitution. ...more

February 22, 2009

If they're smart, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats will resist as much as possible the temptation to flex their new mandate muscles. ...more

November 9, 2008

Lately, Sen. Barack Obama has been saying that major action is needed to avert what he keeps calling a "crisis" in Social Security. Progressives who fought hard and successfully against the Bush administration's attempt to panic America into privatizing the New Deal's crown jewel are outraged, and rightly so. ...more

November 20, 2007

SEBRING –– Idea people are always energizing. Often praised by progressives and sometimes reviled by the status quo, they are exciting to be around regardless of your opinion. Ken Melvin is civic minded, always attending county meetings. He describes himself as a bull in a china shop and an eccentric. His home on Mi-La-Kee Avenue with its underwater mural airbrushed by artist Bruce Maltz is an example. Previously, Melvin was involved with recycling and demolition. Now his dream is to create a citizens' committee putting together a group of business people, newcomers and retired people. Last week he got appointed to a citizens committee, looking into an action plan to reopen Lake Denton. He wants to encourage anyone with positive ideas for government so money and taxes can be saved and positive plans made for the future. ...more

September 10, 2007