One of the key advantages of having a city or county charter is that voters can decide how their policymaking boards are structured. ...more

December 7, 2007

The recently announced deal between the NASDAQ and Borse Dubai brings back memories of 2006 deal, in which Dubai Ports World would have inherited six American ports in its takeover of the British firm P&O. ...more

October 8, 2007

Beleaguered by sanctions because of the state's Jan. 29 primary date, Florida Democrats are casting about for ways to strike back, and revealed a couple of possibilities Saturday. ...more

September 30, 2007

A voter seeking to cast a ballot is first told to produce a photo identification. Is that intimidation or a prudent safeguard against election fraud? ...more

September 26, 2007