The year's most important tax package was in trouble Friday as the House passed a key part of it that the White House threatened to veto and the Senate said was a dead end. ...more

September 27, 2008

WEDNESDAY: McCain announces he is suspending his campaign and will not debate Friday unless a bailout agreement is reached. He urges Obama to do the same. Obama says he called McCain about issuing a joint statement on the bailout earlier and will go on with the debate. ...more

September 27, 2008

Consider this when deciding on the next president of our country: After seven years of a Republican presidency, our economy is crumbling as is our infrastructure. We have no comprehensive energy policy. Health care is in trouble; education is slipping; oil companies have sucked billions from us in subsidies and at the gas pumps. Corporate boards, CEOs, CFOs and Wall Street investment bankers have robbed us. We have killed thousands and spent billions on an unnecessary war in Iraq. Our national debt is now over $10 trillion and the Republicans think they should stay in the White House. What's wrong with this picture? ...more

September 22, 2008

In Highlands County the recent turnout for voting in the primary election was very low. Nationwide the turnout for even the general elections seldom reaches 40 percent. ...more

September 17, 2008

There currently is an e-mail circulating among seniors on the Internet. ...more

September 15, 2008

Ignore Earl, Rall A suggestion for those who find the columns of Frances Earl and Ted Rall objectionable: Ignore them! ...more

September 14, 2008

The head of the House tax-writing committee admitted Wednesday that he owes about $5,000 to the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report income on his returns. ...more

September 11, 2008

A few weeks ago I wrote a very sarcastic letter to Hernando Today. I stated my reasons, even though being a staunch Republican, for voting for Barack Obama, and all Democratic candidates. With tongue in cheek, I blamed every single problem in our country and the entire world, on the Republicans. ...more

September 10, 2008