Jimmie Johnson has such a stranglehold on the championship that it's out of reach for every driver besides Mark Martin. And his only chance would likely require a major stumble by the points leader. ...more

November 14, 2009

Big Insurance, with its excessive profiteering and exploitation has shown itself a cruel and inhumane master and should no longer be allowed to exclusively administer America's health care. ...more

October 30, 2009

All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson could miss the rest of the season for the Orlando Magic because of a torn labrum in his right shoulder. ...more

February 3, 2009

Jerica Moore might still be learning to play within head coach Mike Lee's offense, but the Sebring junior looked completely at ease in the fourth quarter against Bartow on Tuesday. ...more

November 15, 2008

Uh, Big Papi? About that fear thing … ...more

October 13, 2008

The stranglehold on the credit markets remained tight Friday after the House approved a revised $700 billion financial bailout, with investors nervous that the plan is at most a first step in repairing the faltering U.S. economy. ...more

October 4, 2008

The Rays and Angels are slated to meet for the final time this season tonight at Tropicana Field, but they might not be done yet. ...more

August 20, 2008

Civil-rights leader Jesse Jackson doesn't just disagree with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama about his call for greater personal responsibility in the black community. ...more

July 20, 2008

A 'Declaration of Independence' from imported oil requires only self-evident programs. ...more

July 9, 2008

Recently, the county commission decided to dismiss action on a proposed impact fee stimulus package. Charitably, it was not a good policy. A number of factors clearly illustrated that it would have jeopardized the local economy rather than stimulated it. That concept energized the following brief history of how such concepts affected working people in this country. Over a hundred years ago, President Teddy Roosevelt busted the robber barons. They had a stranglehold on workingmen. They dictated the price they paid for labor. Men worked 12 hour days, seven days a week for low wages with no vacations or sick leave. They worked till they dropped, 365 days a year. In the next 100 years, through bloody wars, goon squads and sheer persistence, working conditions improved. The '30s and '40s were pivotal decades in that slow process of working people earning a "piece of the pie," but they had to struggle to maintain the progress so bitterly fought for. The idea of "helping" the developers and construction industry "stimulate" the economy triggered recall of that history. Unions were formed to help workers collectively demand and earn better wages and work conditions. They gained those rights, but had to fight to keep them. In the '50s, the U.S. Congress passed laws to correct a flaw "discovered" in the wages and pension package. ...more

May 2, 2008