Despite remarkably quick passage, the government's economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. For many experts, however, the $168 billion boost to the lagging economy may mean the difference between a short downturn and something much more serious. ...more

February 10, 2008

Alter Primary Date Regarding "Confused Floridians Turn Out At Polls" (Nation/World, Feb. 6): ...more

February 9, 2008

Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure. ...more

February 8, 2008

For all the kicking pundits like to direct toward the NHL, we give you Thursday's tilt between a pair of teams 2,500 miles apart who see each other on the ice about once every presidential election year. ...more

February 1, 2008

Steve Byle never has been afraid to tell the Pasco County Commission - or anyone else - what he thinks of them or what they're doing. ...more

January 15, 2008

It's a good thing, I guess, that nothing else important is happening around the world. The networks and news channels are almost completely devoted to the primary elections, especially after Barack Obama won over Hillary Clinton in Iowa. It was fairly close in Iowa when Obama finally took the lead in a close race with Hillary. And when Mike Huckabee won, I believe they were surprised. Now in New Hampshire they battled again and Clinton won, as did Sen. John McCain. ...more

January 10, 2008

Twenty-seven states have passed constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriages and next November, Florida could become the 28th. ...more

December 26, 2007

Gov. Charlie Crist, with a politician's ability to evade interrogation, has been dodging one question more than any other lately: Could he be a candidate for vice president in 2008? ...more

November 20, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 31, 2007

A controversial road plan is on hold, and some of the projects that received the most objections have been whittled away, but that didn't stop about 300 people from packing the Riverview High School cafeteria last week to sound off about it. ...more

October 29, 2007