Why 28 equals two I can't answer Cathy Starnes' well-articulated questions in the first three paragraphs of her letter of Feb. 24, but her last paragraph that it's an "excessive use of bureaucrats" to have 28 of them on a 30-member panel is surely unfair. ...more

February 26, 2010

In the late 1800s, Karl Marx came up with "The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto." In the late 1930s, Sinclair Lewis wrote a book titled "It Can't Happen Here." Sorry Mr. Lewis, it is happening here and quickly, as evidenced by the House vote on socialized medicine and the relentless daily attacks on our personal freedom and capitalism. If "Obamacare" goes through, our beloved government will own or control 48 percent of the private industry. Next up, cap and trade. This bill is in response to the world's biggest hoax ever perpetuated, global warming. For instance, when we exhale we emit CO2. Plants need C02 to live and supply oxygen to all breathing creatures. If we eliminate the C02 there will be no plants for the animals to feed on and no air for us to breathe. What are we going to eat? Nothing, we all die! Politicians don't care, they just crave power. Big Brother will then have total control over us. But on the bright side, politicians will also die from lack of hot air to spew. ...more

November 11, 2009

The American people support more human aid than any other entity on the planet. We show up for every catastrophe worldwide, and we provide protection for many smaller countries at the cost of many American lives and limbs. Why is it that we have developed our assets and technology to such a level that we are ready and willing to do so much for the world? Certainly not by allowing anybody to push us around at will. ...more

July 10, 2008

The way some Georgians see it, if they're going to get thrown through the windshield of a pickup, that's nobody's business but their own. ...more

January 29, 2008

Let us concede at the start that Ron Paul is not likely to be elected president. ...more

December 7, 2007

Party Is The Problem Regarding "Attacks Heat Up At GOP Debate" (front page, Nov. 29): ...more

December 1, 2007

SARASOTA - Strippers picketed, professors presented contradictory testimony, and a proposed law that would restrict adult-oriented businesses in Sarasota County received intense public scrutiny Monday. ...more

November 27, 2007

Advocates for the disabled are pushing Walt Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando to lift a ban on the use of Segways at the theme parks, saying the scooters give people who can't walk a degree of personal freedom not afforded by wheelchairs. ...more

October 14, 2007