The 81-year-old founder of Florida's prepaid college program trekked back to the Capitol on Thursday to plead with lawmakers not to allow six state universities to raise their tuition. ...more

March 20, 2009

The issue: Should county government continue to offer employees tuition reimbursement at taxpayers' expense? Our opinion: Ax the program during tough economic times. ...more

March 8, 2009

Not a great speech, but extremely consequential. If Barack Obama succeeds, his joint address to Congress will be seen as historic - indeed as the foundational document of Obamaism. As it stands, it constitutes the boldest social democratic manifesto ever issued by a U.S. president. ...more

March 1, 2009

Keep Workers On Job Like others, I am completely appalled about the layoffs of so many hardworking Americans recently. I am talking about principles, not racisms. Companies such as Bank of America, Citibank, Dell and Hewlett-Packard have been consistently outsourcing thousands of jobs overseas. Imagine all the possibilities for us Americans if these companies and others would keep the jobs in the U.S. ...more

January 31, 2009

When Land O' Lakes' girls basketball squad clobbered Ridgewood 70-23 on Jan. 23, Land O' Lakes coach Laurie Pacholke put a finger right away on why the score may have been lopsided. ...more

January 29, 2009

Musings on the rising cost of college education. ...more

January 15, 2009

It's been a long and rewarding career for the city of Sebring's Roads, Buildings and Grounds Superintendent George Fox, who announced his retirement as of Dec. 31. ...more

December 8, 2008

Erin Stawarz can easily call her parents to baby-sit or suggest toys for Christmas, but one topic remains taboo: asking them to help pay for their grandchildren's college tuition. ...more

October 5, 2008

When Deb Freitag applied for a credit card so she could replace her roof, her leaky refrigerator and her old dishwasher, she was offered a $1,000 line of credit, not the $5,000 she needed. ...more

September 27, 2008

A summer scene of youngsters sweating it out on a hot baseball diamond or football gridiron is as common as afternoon showers in Florida. ...more

July 27, 2008