In a decade handling evictions for the Miami-Dade County Police Department, Albert Fernandez has run across a middle-class father bankrupted by his daughter's cancer treatment, an old woman scammed by a gambling husband, and countless families perpetually on the edge of poverty. ...more

June 8, 2008

Diane LaRusso of New Port Richey says America's current woes are the fault of President Bush. ...more

June 7, 2008

What will it take to make Americans save more? Survey after survey continues to point out the obvious: U.S. households are keeping very little of their incomes. ...more

June 1, 2008

John Arango of Hudson says Republican policies are noT good for the poor and middle class. ...more

May 10, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas' career as a substitute teacher in Pasco came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students. ...more

May 5, 2008

As one who has resided in three countries, and seeing how efficient social medicine and solar energy works, I relate some problems being faced today by America over foolish and unwise actions of greedy corporate Americans. ...more

February 23, 2008

I find it rather difficult to understand how people who live in this great country can fail to be proud of it. ...more

February 22, 2008

grandparents, mother, myself, five siblings, aunt, uncle and two cousins from Michigan, along with the Kinderman family (four people). The big draw in Hernando was basically two things: the great weather; and it was cheap to live here, for a fairly nice, quaint region. ...more

February 22, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton smothered Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain with kindness on Friday, then declared her rivals wrong on the issues. ...more

February 16, 2008

The time has come where the middle class taxpayer is just about stretched to the limit financially. The new homestead exemption helped somewhat, but the local governments will need additional taxes to keep the level of services they offer, especially law enforcement. ...more

February 6, 2008