The beginning of the end is setting in for Hugo Chavez. The authoritarian Venezuelan president is holding a referendum Sunday on a constitutional change that would allow him to run for president indefinitely. Pollsters say Chavez leads slightly, but the election is mostly irrelevant. Barring an oil miracle, the former army paratrooper is slowly imploding on the spike of his economic mismanagement and corruption, like any of a number of populist strongmen before him. ...more

February 13, 2009

So, there are those of you who think because of President Barack Obama's election to office that our country has come a long way? Really? Let me map out that trip for you. ...more

February 12, 2009

Nearly 50 million viewers tuned in for President Barack Obama's first primetime news conference on Monday, according to Nielsen Media Research. ...more

February 11, 2009

In its recent anniversary issue, the New Yorker magazine took a look at the state of affairs here in Florida. Apparently there is nothing amiss in the Empire State worthy of note. So it declares things here a real mess, thanks to the collapse of the real estate market. While it told of some foreclosure hardship tales from southwestern Florida, the ground zero of the devastation, according to the New Yorker, is good old Pasco County. ...more

February 11, 2009

GOP Rep. Adam Putnam approved more privately funded trips for his congressional office last year than all but nine other members of 435-seat U.S. House or 100-seat Senate. ...more

February 9, 2009

A financial rescue plan that will deploy the balance of $700 billion to spur the flow of credit to consumers and businesses will have to wait another day. ...more

February 9, 2009

President Barack Obama is right when he says he won the election, and people voted for change. ...more

February 8, 2009

President Barack Obama is right when he says he won the election, and people voted for change. ...more

February 8, 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

Connie Perdue of New Port Richey believes a recent letter to the editor critical of the George W. Bush administration was full of errors. ...more

February 7, 2009