The man is no politician, yet Paul Azinger began campaigning for change - the hot-button word of 2008 - long before the election trail began warming even to a simmer. ...more

February 14, 2008

A recent column of mine pointed out, among other things, that Sen. John McCain's performance, while on active duty in the Navy, appears to have been less than stellar. ...more

February 8, 2008

We have been subjected to the ads of presidential candidates for almost a year. To think that this will continue, on an increased basis, for almost another year once the primary elections are over, is enough to drive one mad. At this writing, the supposed "front runners" are sitting Congressional senators. To me this means that nothing will change in Washington if either one wins the office. Of course, they harp on the fact that they are knowledgeable, as they have been in the Senate so many years and know what is going on. They will be making all kinds of statements of what they will do for "you." I only think of what they have been doing for "us" these past many years. Such as taking $1.96 trillion from the Social Security Fund since 1968. From 1968 to 1999, ( a 12-year period), they took $830.8 billion From 2000 to 2006, they have taken $1.14 trillion. ...more

January 14, 2008

When Columbus started out he didn't know where he was going. When he got there he didn't know where he was. ...more

January 9, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sheer will has taken John Edwards far, but only so far. His is the storybook life, still waiting for the storybook ending. ...more

December 29, 2007

Illegals Drain Economy After reading the letter from Mr. Deron Mikal, I have concluded that he does not care at all for the American worker. All he seems interested in getting something cheap. Based on his way of thinking, why should we have any labor in this country? Let's just outsource it to someone who can do it cheaper. ...more

December 26, 2007

'Twas the year before voting and throughout all our land, With all our problems no politician seems to have a plan. Oh, there are many talking a lot and pretending to care, In hopes that they will end up in the White House chair. ...more

December 20, 2007

It's painful to see Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney having to defend his religion. It's also sad that some Americans just can't get past the "religion thing" with candidates, and make their decisions based solely on their religion, or their supposed lack thereof. That said, what Romney needs to defend is his frequently changing stance on important issues. That's where his campaign is falling down. By every standard, Romney is a good American and has been extremely successful as a businessman and as a politician. He's a Mormon, too, and for a fairly large number of evangelical Christians, that's enough to not vote for him for president. ...more

December 7, 2007

I am writing in response to two letters to the editor in the Highlands Today of Nov. 17. I agreed with both letters wholeheartedly. First, the letter from Don Streeter. Sir, I, too, think it is a good idea to vote all incumbents out of office. When our elected officials refuse to listen or acknowledge what is in the best interest of their constituents, we use our most powerful tool available. We "un-elect" them. Yes, this may be a situation of throwing the baby out with the bath water, in that the very few good elected officials will lose their positions of trust, but we, the voters, desperately need to clean house. ...more

November 21, 2007

Regarding 'Spending The Future' (front page, Oct. 12): Surprisingly, current and past county commission members have nearly spent all the projected tax revenue. These commissioners, like homeowners who irresponsibly borrowed (I mean gambled) on future home values, have put Hillsborough County taxpayers in jeopardy. ...more

October 14, 2007