Your editorial, "The president's Chicagoland power play," (Our Opinion, March 5), stated that "fully half the country" does not support the health care reform bill. This statement is only partly true. ...more

March 14, 2010

I liked it better when Congressional Republicans merely said "No!" You knew where they stood. Now they've determined it plays better to say "Yes!"... till no one's looking, then it's back to "No!" ...more

March 13, 2010

Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was less than in the previous two quarters. ...more

March 12, 2010

Can you believe this? Dallas Dunlap thinks our budget problems are caused not because the government is spending too much but because consumers are spending too little. ...more

March 4, 2010

We are probably living in one of the greatest periods of danger to our country, comparable to the American Revolution in the 1700s and the War Between the States in the 1800s. A person about who very little is known even to this day was elected president. He believes the government should run everything. He has plunged this country into horrendous debt, with the assistance of our Congress. The interest on this $12.3 trillion national debt is a stunning $425 billion this year. ...more

March 1, 2010

Some folks are showing a great deal of concern about the federal deficit all of a sudden. I don't know why they didn't think of that when the Bush administration decided to permanently run the government on borrowed money. ...more

February 28, 2010

Florida is near the top nationally in economic woes and education is a tragic part of it. The conditions would be much worse but for the billions of stimulus funding by the federal government. True, Florida is due much of it since it is Florida taxes paid to the feds. ...more

February 27, 2010

Sales of new homes plunged to a record low in January, underscoring the formidable challenges facing the housing industry as it tries to recover from the worst slump in decades. ...more

February 24, 2010

For the first time in my lifetime we have a fiscal mess that will be difficult to solve. Years ago when the government got in debt and one of the "evil wealthy" came up with big bucks and bailed them out, that must have been great! ...more

February 12, 2010

For the first time in my lifetime we have a fiscal mess that will be difficult to solve. Years ago when the government got in debt and one of the "evil wealthy" came up with big bucks and bailed them out, that must have been great! ...more

February 11, 2010