Regarding Van Wie's letter, the reports of Obama's association with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Chicago crooks are bunk. They have been debunked on mainstream media like CNN and you can get the details on Factcheck.org. The latter is an Internet site that just checks facts without partisanship. ...more

September 26, 2008

The evidence is mounting that Tampa Bay home sales have hit bottom, even though prices are still in a free fall. ...more

September 25, 2008

I am not a Republican. Let me say something about the Democrats. When the Democrats took over the control of Congress their main goal for the first six months to a year was to destroy Bush. They worked hard but didn't quite succeed. ...more

September 24, 2008

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Sen. John McCain's campaign manager, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. ...more

September 24, 2008

Now that he's finally fired up on the soup-line economy, Barack Obama knows he can't fade out again. He was eager to talk privately to a Democratic ex-president who could offer more fatherly wisdom - not to mention a surreptitious smoke - and less fraternal rivalry. I called the "West Wing" creator Aaron Sorkin (yes, truly) to get a read-out of the meeting. This is his account: ...more

September 23, 2008

I am outraged by the recent "solutions" proposed by our "leaders" in Washington to the financial crisis. Unelected bureaucrats and several shameful congressmen have staged a dangerous coup. They have hijacked our wonderful democratic and free market institutions and debased them into socialist nightmares that would make Hugo Chavez and Vladimir Putin blush. If that doesn't alarm you, then try this: Over the past three months, two unelected bureaucrats have decided to spend $1 trillion (at least) of your money to prop up their former colleagues or future consulting gigs. ...more

September 23, 2008

The woes of Wall Street have caught up with the crisis on Main Street. ...more

September 22, 2008

It's nowhere near the end of the world, but it does feel like the days immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, when the nation was knocked off its moorings and the future seemed uncertain. ...more

September 21, 2008

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Democrat Barack Obama criticized Republican presidential rival John McCain on Saturday for his past advocacy of deregulation, ties to lobbyists and support for privatizing the Social Security system many of the state's elderly residents depend on to make a living. ...more

September 20, 2008

Years ago, the federal government bailed out the savings and loan banks. ...more

September 20, 2008