Do we want the United States to be like Europe? The European model has worked in many ways. I am delighted whenever I get a chance to go to Stockholm or Amsterdam, not to mention Rome or Paris. There's a lot to like - a lot to love - about day-to-day life in Europe. But I argue that the answer to this question is "no." Not for economic reasons. I want to focus on another problem with the European model: namely, that it drains too much of the life from life. ...more

March 28, 2009

James Harden made only one field goal, but it helped the Sun Devils hold off Temple 66-57 in the first round of the NCAA tournament. ...more

March 21, 2009

One local manufacturing company has laid off 75 percent of its work force. ...more

March 13, 2009

University of South Florida health sciences officials explained to USF trustees today the changes planned for an obstetrics and gynecology fellowship program that lost its accreditation earlier this month. ...more

February 26, 2009

Well now, how about the bailout of all these banks, folks? Seems as though the Republicans would like you to blame President Barack Obama for the way the initial monies sent to the banks (under the administration of George W. Bush and controlled, almost exclusively, by former Secretary Treasurer Henry Paulson) were spent. ...more

February 5, 2009

Are you one of the workers recently laid off? ...more

February 5, 2009

Three weeks ago, what was the over-under on the Bucs getting coal in their stocking? Well, they're sliding down more than the chimney right now. And even if it's just a chimney, there's a fire down below. What we're watching right now is nothing less than a monumental gag and collapse by Jon Gruden's not so fighting Bucs. ...more

December 22, 2008

Fear and uncertainty bring people together. Whereas Americans seem to be too competitive to share joy on any grand level, we have an amazing capacity for empathy during shared moments of pain. ...more

October 22, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - With the Pasco volleyball team, you literally never know what you're going to get if you're an opponent. ...more

September 25, 2008

On Friday, the third day of testimony, jurors witnessed David Lee Onstott's religious side. ...more

August 16, 2008