The Mall in Washington, D.C., was an amazing sight Tuesday. Millions of people crammed together, some hopelessly far away from President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony and inaugural speech. But they didn't care; those who attended were there to be a part of history, and to hope for better times in our country. ...more

January 21, 2009

Michael N. Mattia of Tarpon Springs denounces city commissioners as the Bayou Barons for opposing Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19. ...more

December 27, 2008

Unemployment is at a five-year high. Financial firms that withstood the Great Depression are failing. Congress and a lame-duck president are gridlocked. So when John McCain declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong," it drew ridicule from Democrat Barack Obama. ...more

September 17, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama on Monday mocked Sen. John McCain's promise to bring change to Washington, saying the Republican presidential nominee has marched loyally with President Bush and was out of touch with the economic distress of struggling Americans. ...more

September 16, 2008

Four dollar-a-gallon gasoline has done something few Republicans thought possible a few months ago: given them hope. United behind a renewed push for offshore oil drilling, Republican members of Congress and the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, think they have found their best political issue of the 2008 campaign. ...more

July 27, 2008

The nation's top economic policymakers took their campaign to rework financial regulation to Capitol Hill on Thursday, urging Congress to make major changes in the oversight of Wall Street firms and other financial institutions. ...more

July 11, 2008

It's time to turn around America, and we need to start here in Florida. Our state is already economic-distress ground zero: shrinking home values, expanding unemployment, growing piles of unpaid bills on working families' tables. It's no surprise the economy has overtaken the war in Iraq as the top concern of Americans. ...more

February 20, 2008