It's not surprising that some people who have jobs are the most critical of expanding unemployment benefits. And it's also some people with good health insurance who are most against reforming the current health care system. The same goes for providing free breakfasts for children in our schools. Those who can provide home breakfasts are more likely to disagree with the school providing them for others. Fact is, though, these breakfasts serve a critical need for children who need them. ...more

March 10, 2010

Take the challenge Hello...? Hello...? Is anyone in Washington, D.C., awake? Can anyone in the Beltway hear the rest of the country? What are you folks there in D.C. drinking? Kool-Aid? Obama style? ...more

February 14, 2010

Perhaps West Pasco residents are mad as heck and won't take it anymore. Or perhaps they are satisfied with things the way they are. ...more

February 10, 2010

I listened to President Barack Obama and many other Democratic leaders on Wednesday following the Tuesday special election in Massachusetts, and the message they received from the election was the American people had been angry and frustrated not only for the last year or two but for eight years, and that was what contributed to the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts and Obama in the U.S. ...more

January 23, 2010

For the second time in our country's history, "the shot heard 'round the world" has originated from Massachusetts. ...more

January 22, 2010

Nelson fails 'gut check' Editor's note: The following letter was written to Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and is reprinted here at the author's request. ...more

December 26, 2009

I am amazed so many people are blaming U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite for the debacle that passes for universal health care that the House of Representatives passed on a very narrow vote. ...more

November 21, 2009

Our representatives in Washington have a new idea on health care reform: national, government-run health insurance that is optional on a state-by-state basis. This idea, pushed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is effectively reviving the most controversial and wrongheaded idea in the current health care reform debate. ...more

November 17, 2009

The current health care bill presented by Nancy Pelosi is quite a beast in itself, almost 2,000 pages. ...more

November 5, 2009

Big Insurance, with its excessive profiteering and exploitation has shown itself a cruel and inhumane master and should no longer be allowed to exclusively administer America's health care. ...more

October 30, 2009