With the struggle over health care entering another difficult phase, President Barack Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his dual pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America. ...more

November 9, 2009

It seems Congress is always able to surpass its previous level of either chicanery or stupidity. Either our representatives are making a wedding gift commemorating the unholy marriage between big money and big government or someone needs to hand it a sign saying "I'm Stupid!" ...more

November 7, 2009

Perhaps 50 years ago, one of the presidents of Chrysler Corporation is reputed to have said, "There are no large problems, just combinations of small problems." ...more

November 4, 2009

In 2006 Congress was debating whether to authorize increasing the size of the national debt. A freshman senator addressed his colleagues: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt is a sign of leadership failure." ...more

November 2, 2009

I'd like to introduce a program that could help with that problem; it's called Work Force America. ...more

October 31, 2009

As you know, each year that the federal government runs a budget deficit, it must borrow money in your name to pay for the shortfall. ...more

October 29, 2009

The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will be about $262 billion less than officials predicted earlier this year — in part because the administration has provided less aid than expected to Wall Street. ...more

August 19, 2009

Florida's taxable property values will keep dropping for another year but at a slightly slower pace than previously forecast before beginning to rebound in 2011, state economists said this week. ...more

August 1, 2009

A federal appeals court ruling won't stand in the way of new oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

July 31, 2009

$30 billion The amount of loan losses expected by the end of 2009 on offices, shopping malls, hotels and other commercial property. ...more

July 22, 2009