Like much of Cuba's work force, Alfredo Congas is going gray. ...more

March 27, 2009

How much we make (or don't make) is one of those personal bits of information we like to keep to ourselves. ...more

February 25, 2009

Where's The Outrage? I am amazed and appalled by the degree of passive public acceptance that has greeted the so-called stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed this week. ...more

February 21, 2009

The speed with which the president wants to get this "stimulus" bill enacted into law makes me suspicious of what is really in it. I understand the bill consists of 500 pages. I don't think the House or Senate members have had time to read it thoroughly and know its contents fully. ...more

February 12, 2009

Average Americans do not demand integrity from their politicians. ...more

December 31, 2008

Barack Obama has succeeded where Hillary Clinton failed. She hoped to win a third Clinton term, but it is her vanquisher who is reconstituting the Clinton administration. Obama's just-named nominee for treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner, served under Clinton Treasury Secretaries Robert Rubin and Larry Summers. Summers is Obama's choice to head the National Economic Council. Both are part of Rubin's circle, known for its brains and its relative moderation. ...more

November 29, 2008

Charity begins at home. ...more

November 28, 2008

A prescription for financial collapse of the American government, jobs and the economy cannot be separated. In the last eight years millions of American jobs have been outsourced to foreign shores. The American Chamber of Commerce, Wall Street and many in Congress, both parties, have promoted this as good for America. They call it "Free Trade." ...more

November 20, 2008

Conservatives now have an opportunity to applaud Democratic proposals when they make sense. ...more

November 12, 2008

Almost 20 years after leaving Pinellas County government, Bob LaSala is returning as chief executive. ...more

September 10, 2008