What do you do on a day when the weather stinks and you're tempted to fold into a cocoon and order mounds of Chinese food? ...more

January 10, 2009

$2 trillion Amount the national debt is expected to increase this year 40 percent ...more

January 5, 2009

Is it time for conservatives to give up our fight against Big Government? ...more

January 5, 2009

67 Percent of Americans polled by the Washington Post-ABC News highlighting the economy as the top priority for Obama and the next Congress ...more

January 4, 2009

Highlands County plans to request $29.7 million from President Obama's economic stimulus package. ...more

January 4, 2009

that would be those who are not at this point staring into space, wondering why they were reading this eight seconds ago - may recall last week's column, Scott's Super Powerful Year in Preview 2009, Part I. ...more

January 4, 2009

Believe it or not, an alarm clock can change a child's life trajectory. Don't buy that? Well, before you discount the suggestion, check out Janine Walker Caffrey's book, "Drive: Nine Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve," which has been generating a lot of buzz lately. ...more

January 3, 2009

Sushi lovers, it's time to say sayonara to toro (aka bluefin tuna). Hamachi (yellowtail), too. And for the time being, you can forget about ordering those freshwater eel and avocado rolls. Unagi is also a big environmental no-no. ...more

January 3, 2009

$50 billion to $60 billion Original Bush administration estimate of the cost of the Iraq war ...more

December 26, 2008

Can children allergic to milk develop a tolerance for it? Recently, a small observational study randomly assigned 20 children (average age 10 years) with a severe milk allergy to take a gradually increasing dose of nonfat powdered milk or fake powdered milk daily. ...more

December 20, 2008