The debate about the health care system's overhaul is filled with topics and terms unfamiliar to many. Each week, we'll examine some of the issues, the politics behind them and how they would affect consumers. ...more

October 25, 2009

The free agency signing period is only two weeks old, yet already winners and losers are being determined. Oddly, the Bucs are seldom, if ever, mentioned among the victors. ...more

March 14, 2009

Taking money from taxpayers to bailout international companies strips freedom from all citizens. ...more

March 13, 2009

Tampa seems to struggle to get a team in the Super Bowl, but the community sure knows how to host one. Soon, we'll see what we get in return. ...more

January 18, 2009

The Gators defeated the Seminoles 45-12 last season in Gainesville, but in the first half, it was competitive. ...more

November 26, 2008

barring election upheavals - we'll know who won all the local races. Regardless of winners and losers, the real work begins today. ...more

November 5, 2008

It may be the result of misfortune for many - a hurricane - but the absence of President Bush from his party's convention here this week probably isn't a misfortune for John McCain. ...more

September 2, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - As far as Dave O'Neill is concerned, the whole FairTax business was hatched in some Capitol Hill cloakroom as a distraction for what really ails this country, which includes - but is not limited to - insurance companies' failure to pay legitimate claims. ...more

August 22, 2008

Putting a market price on emissions of greenhouse gases will have to wait for a new year, a new president and a new plan. ...more

June 9, 2008

if you don't count global warming. ...more

February 13, 2008