Thank you Mr. Ludacer for serving as a U.S. Navy radar observer and currently as a self -appointed lookout to express your concerns about things you feel could endanger our country; specifically you're repetitious letters condemning the "Patriot Act." Time changes everything including our methods of defense. I think everyone would agree that a good form of covert intelligence, if it were available then, would have been a much more effective defense than radar or lookouts, even as far back as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

February 7, 2008

The worst catastrophe since a series of hurricanes hit Florida in 2004 is sharply higher homeowner insurance rates, some county, state and federal leaders argue. Backers of a National Catastrophic Insurance Fund believe the time has come for the self-insurance concept for states to supplement the private market. ...more

November 21, 2007