The Senate today confirmed Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, elevating a well-known Alabama family physician to be the nation's top doctor. ...more

October 29, 2009

So there we were, properly duded up in orange and blue and crammed together with 90,000 or so of our closest friends, ready for the victim du jour, in this instance the Arkansas Razorbacks. ...more

October 21, 2009

It's very encouraging to see the Obama administration moving so quickly to address the health care crisis in this nation. That said, I know there are many who fear health care reform and think that it means socialism, limits to care and long waits. The truth is there are many examples of successful universal health care systems in the world, some probably more appealing to conservative Americans than others. And in a country like ours where a person goes bankrupt from health care costs every 30 seconds, it's time to start taking a look at them. In England (what we typically think of as "socialized medicine"), they pay for services through taxes and use a primary physician as a "gatekeeper" to keep costs down, similar to our HMOs. There may be wait times for elective services, but they are a leader in preventative medicine. ...more

March 8, 2009

Tom Daschle collected nearly a quarter of a million dollars in fees in the past two years speaking to leaders of the industry President Barack Obama wants him to reform as the administration's health secretary. ...more

February 2, 2009

Enough is enough! My 401K is losing value by the minute. My future is anything but secure despite planning and saving. Thousands of people in Highlands County have no health insurance or access to routine health care. The food pantries in our county are out of food and people are hungry. The financial markets all over the world are unstable. The stock market is a roller coaster. All of this in the last month of a presidential election campaign. ...more

October 14, 2008

If you lose your job, you lose your health insurance and then you lose your life. ...more

September 30, 2008

Andreas Wacker of Hudson says people should not worship the false god of money. ...more

July 30, 2008

Can't Wait For Jan. 20 Regarding: "Obama Exposure Irritates GOP" (Nation/World, July 23) ...more

July 30, 2008

Regarding "Ybor City's Historic Clubs Are Treasures Worth Supporting" (Our Opinion, May 31): ...more

June 7, 2008

in priority order - the global war on terrorism, the shrinking U.S. dollar, the increasing trade deficit, threat of a recession, and the increasing national debt. Most alarming about this list is what didn't even make the top five. ...more

December 26, 2007