The Issue: Limiting Citizen Input And Reducing The Number Of County Commission Meetings Each Month. Our Opinion: Bad Ideas. ...more

February 19, 2009

It is very encouraging to see our newly elected county commissioner, James Adkins, prove to be a man of his word. One of his campaign promises was to park THE Bus. As reported in Hernando Today, it looks like he is attempting to do so. ...more

February 7, 2009

Signs in neighbors' yards, a petition, weeks of telephone calls and angst will culminate with a community meeting to discuss a proposed cell phone tower at Coleman Middle School. ...more

January 7, 2009

Re: "Few Would Have Believed Roof Could Fall In" (Our Opinion, Nov. 1): Congratulations on at least having made the attempt to warn people not to extend themselves too much in the real estate bubble. Having lived through similar bubbles long ago, I saw this coming early, but felt like a Cassandra when nobody would listen. ...more

November 20, 2008

The old red brick schoolhouse in Turkey Creek won't become a library, but it won't face the wrecking ball either. ...more

November 12, 2008

If Barack Obama is not a socialist, he does the best imitation of one I've ever seen. ...more

November 2, 2008

Regarding "U.S. Teaching Iraqis How to Spend Riches" (Nation+World, Oct. 25): ...more

November 1, 2008

Iraq's government has an unusual money problem as much of the world grapples with a credit crunch - it can't spend its oil riches fast enough. ...more

October 25, 2008

I am outraged by the recent "solutions" proposed by our "leaders" in Washington to the financial crisis. Unelected bureaucrats and several shameful congressmen have staged a dangerous coup. They have hijacked our wonderful democratic and free market institutions and debased them into socialist nightmares that would make Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin blush. If that doesn't alarm you, then try this: Over the past three months, two unelected bureaucrats have decided to spend $1 trillion (at least) of your money to prop up their former colleagues or future consulting gigs. ...more

September 23, 2008

As soon as there is a critical downturn in the economy, large corporations turn their lobbyists loose... ...more

September 5, 2008