In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist keeps moving away from his support of President Barack Obama's stimulus package that the governor called "fantastic" and "remarkable" when lobbying for its passage. ...more

November 6, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist is saying he did not endorse the $787 billion federal stimulus bill, a statement that might confuse some voters. ...more

November 5, 2009

Hopes for the fledgling economic recovery got a boost Monday from better-than-expected news on manufacturing, construction and contracts to buy homes. ...more

November 3, 2009

We've 'been had' I have a few questions related to the article, "Saving the planet," (Views, Oct. 25). ...more

November 3, 2009

I think the so-called generation gap is widening. Blame it as much on a younger generation that feels that oldsters think the same as they do while coping with a communication technology that is expanding exponentially. ...more

October 31, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - On a modest rectangle of land on U.S. 41 where Golf Car Depot hangs its Pasco shingle, two things, intensely related, happened on a recent Saturday coinciding with the publishing of a breathtaking editorial in The Wall Street Journal. ...more

October 28, 2009

How does this recession compare with the Great Depression? We've got it much easier. But there are enough similarities to learn from looking back. ...more

October 26, 2009

How does this recession compare with the Great Depression? We've got it much easier. But there are enough similarities to learn from looking back. ...more

October 26, 2009

It is not pleasant being the bearer of bad tidings, but someone has to deliver the message, no matter how bad it is — even at the risk of being the poor messenger who is killed for delivering the message. ...more

October 23, 2009

I am 83 years old and I have seen things come and go. I have never written to my congressman or any newspaper because everything would seem to come back and it wouldn't hurt the people. Now people, get your calculator. The stimulus package has cost the taxpayers in the trillions of dollars. ...more

July 8, 2009