Last week, the front pages of the world press blossomed with photos of four Iranian rockets, fired in salvo, heading skyward. ...more

July 16, 2008

Wall Street's angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week Friday - stocks tumbled, soared and then turned south again as investors tried to assess the dangers faced by the country's biggest mortgage financiers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...more

July 12, 2008

Our politicians are asking us to allow offshore and wildlife refuge drilling to increase the amount of oil available and lower gas prices. These requests make a rational mind believe we must have run out of land to develop for oil. Nothing could be further from the truth. ...more

July 9, 2008

Information from official sources, like the CIA World Book of Facts and the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as Gunter Karger, who has appeared on FNN, CNN, radio shows and Editor of The Discovery Letter, indicate some interesting information about our "oil shortage." ...more

July 6, 2008

Pet Food Companies Should Help Save Abandoned Pets As we are all aware, families within our communities are suffering terrible hardships due to the loss of jobs. Homes are being foreclosed, gas and oil prices are skyrocketing and inflation is causing the price of food to increase tenfold. ...more

July 6, 2008

Use Food As Oil Weapon OK, gas is costing the better part of $4 a gallon. We Americans are disturbed by this, but continue to pay what is necessary to get to where we need to go. We pay it because we either have to work, go to the store, visit sick or dying friends and relatives or have a relaxing day out of the house. ...more

July 2, 2008

First the bad news: The moribund housing industry has put a major crimp in Pasco County's road-building plans. ...more

June 29, 2008

Growing global demand and supply constraints will push oil prices to $200 a barrel and gas prices to $7 a gallon within four years, forcing 10 million U.S. cars off the road, according to Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets. ...more

June 27, 2008

World energy demand will grow 50 percent over the next two decades, oil prices could rise to $186 a barrel and coal will remain the biggest source of electricity despite its effect on global warming, government experts predict. ...more

June 26, 2008

Sales of new homes tumbled for the sixth time in seven months in May while median prices kept plunging, underscoring the depth of the nation's housing woes. ...more

June 26, 2008