With swine flu still running rampant across the country, students and adults who used to drag themselves to school or work while sick are suddenly being told they need to stay home. That push to prevent others from being infected, though, can have unintended consequences as a Hawaiian woman found out Monday at Tampa International Airport. ...more

November 10, 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

A state Senate committee today approved a bill that would require Florida's electric utilities to get 20 percent of their power from "clean" energy, including nuclear and coal, by 2020. ...more

March 31, 2009

Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, applying the brakes to Democrats' attempts to quickly tax away most of the bonuses at troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. ...more

March 21, 2009

Senate Republicans are drawing out a flap that has made the Obama administration squirm, applying the brakes to Democratic attempts to quickly tax away most of the bonuses at troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out companies. ...more

March 20, 2009

In 2002, when 52 percent of Florida voters cast ballots in favor of a constitutional amendment to reduce class size, they gave Florida schools a mandate to teach students in smaller classes. Since then, the Legislature has honored the will of voters by dedicating $13 billion needed for new classroom construction and hiring new teachers. ...more

March 11, 2009

The sight of the nation's capital lit up at night still inspires U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite whenever she returns to Washington, D.C. ...more

March 11, 2009

Emotions and appearances are significant forces for many people, and these elements carry over into the irrational thinking of too many in our society. ...more

February 27, 2009

Carol Vaporis still isn't sure what's in store for her consignment shop next Tuesday. Feb. 10 is when the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act is supposed to go into effect. The law mandates rigorous tests for lead levels in children's toys, clothes and other items. Vaporis, who owns Duck Duck Goose Consignment, a store near S.R. 54 and Seven Springs Boulevard, is concerned over possible unintended consequences of the law. ...more

February 7, 2009

Throughout 2008, Larry Summers, the Harvard economist, built the case for a big but surgical stimulus package. Summers warned that a "poorly provided fiscal stimulus can have worse side effects than the disease that is to be cured." So his proposal had three clear guidelines. ...more

February 1, 2009