Jim Rahenkamp is worried about the economy as are many of us. The situation looks really dire if you subscribe to his definitions and live life according to various popular buzz phrases. ...more

June 17, 2009

A Sebring man was released from jail Tuesday on a $6,000 bond following his arrest on warrants allegedly that he stole another person's tax refund. ...more

May 22, 2009

Newcomer Emma and perennial favorite Jacob may top the list of popular baby names nationwide, but Florida marches to a different drummer. ...more

May 19, 2009

U.S. Representative Kathy Castor will hold a financial aid workshop for students from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Hillsborough Community College's Dale Mabry campus. ...more

May 1, 2009

I can't believe how some of the media are comparing our current recession to the Great Depression of the 1930s when there were no Social Security checks, no Supplemental Security Income checks, and no unemployment checks. ...more

April 27, 2009

"One Tree Hill" actor Antwon Tanner has pleaded not guilty to involvement in a Social Security scheme. ...more

April 17, 2009

Recently a major metropolitan newspaper asked its readers how they would "fix" the American economy. Responses ran the gamut from serious to silly and everything in between. In one of the more intriguing suggestions, a reader wrote: ...more

March 29, 2009

I'm the first to admit that I'm not the brightest bulb in the lamp but I do have a suggestion for the president and members of Congress regarding health care. If national health care isn't the answer, why not cut some of the costs by removing the health care given to the president, members of Congress and all government workers? Let them pay what the taxpayers are paying for health care and medication, and then perhaps they will begin to understand the needs of so many people in this country. ...more

March 22, 2009

America's failure to build and repair the roads and rails it needs, says Robert D. Atkinson, is "emblematic" of the larger mess we're in: "We're a generation that has been irresponsible, and we're passing on a degraded capital asset to our children." ...more

March 21, 2009

The Obama administration introduced a Web site this week to help troubled homeowners find out if they're eligible for relief under its loan modification or refinancing programs. ...more

March 21, 2009