Does Washington really need to do this? Many economists from across the ideological spectrum say yes, although an increasingly vocal group of free-market thinkers says no. ...more

February 2, 2009

Arne A. Gustafson of Hudson says modern equivalent of War Bonds needed to pay for economic recovery programs. ...more

January 31, 2009

America's roads, public transit and aviation have gotten worse in the past four years. Water and sewage systems are awful The basic physical backbone of American society is barely above failing, a report by top engineers says. ...more

January 30, 2009

A number of editorials in major and local newspapers repeat the mantra that the collective "we" caused many of the crises facing us today; that the collective "we" allowed our leaders to be corrupt; that "we" kept putting the same corrupt elected officials in government; that the collective "we" were spend thrifts, using credit cards to buy now and pay later, letting the bills pile up. And what about the credit card corporations? ...more

January 25, 2009

This is in response Ron Geouque's letter in the Sunday paper. This letter is wrong on so many points; I don't know where to start. ...more

January 22, 2009

Newly merged with Wachovia Bank, Wells Fargo has named a new leader for its Florida operations. ...more

January 21, 2009

2010 Year that tax cuts for high earners enacted by President Bush expire $250,000 ...more

January 19, 2009

I am quite shocked by the fanfare that President-elect Obama has received for his plans for change. Just in the last few days the newspapers have reported the costs of these programs will be upwards of $1 trillion. After nearly eight solid years of Bush-bashing for the outgoing president's spending, how can any self-respecting adult do such an about-face and endorse expenditures of this magnitude and at such a financially insecure point in this nation's history? ...more

January 10, 2009

Lorne H. Spence of Hudson says people need to vote in the 2010 mid-term elections in a way that will help President Barack Obama solve the nation's problems despite resistance from Republicans. ...more

January 10, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies out of government, as part of a broader push to bring more discipline to federal spending. ...more

January 8, 2009