America's failure to build and repair the roads and rails it needs, says Robert D. Atkinson, is "emblematic" of the larger mess we're in: "We're a generation that has been irresponsible, and we're passing on a degraded capital asset to our children." ...more

March 21, 2009

The Senate on Tuesday voted to scrap the system that awards members of Congress an automatic cost-of-living pay raise every year. ...more

March 17, 2009

Disagreement among Senate Democrats over how many homeowners should qualify for court-ordered mortgage relief has stalled a key part of President Barack Obama's foreclosure prevention plan on Capitol Hill. ...more

March 14, 2009

OK, I will be honest with you. In high school, I got a "C" in algebra. I admit I am not the sharpest tool in the math shed of life. However, I don't think I am the only American who is struggling with trying to get his mind around a $1 trillion national debt, much less a $3 trillion national debt. ...more

March 8, 2009

OK, I will be honest with you. In high school, I got a "C" in algebra. I admit I am not the sharpest tool in the math shed of life. However, I don't think I am the only American who is struggling with trying to get his mind around a $1 trillion national debt, much less a $3 trillion national debt. ...more

March 7, 2009

Unlike Rush Limbaugh, we don't want President Barack Obama to fail. If he does, then our country fails. We do, however, want Obama to do what he's been saying all along, and that's to change the way Washington, D.C., does business - and that includes changing the baloney that's going on with Democratic members of Congress. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio was in the news this week amid speculation she might consider a run for the U.S. Senate seat that will be up for grabs with Mel Martinez's decision to do something else for a living. ...more

February 15, 2009

Tuesday was not a good day to feel better about the nation's economy. ...more

February 11, 2009

President Barack Obama hailed the Senate's passage of a massive economic rescue plan on Tuesday but warned that there's more work to do as lawmakers begin difficult talks on a final deal. ...more

February 10, 2009

There's little doubt that the economic stimulus plan that made it through the U.S. House Wednesday will barely be recognizable after the U.S. Senate gets through with it. That's great news, because there's plenty to dislike in what the House passed. We hope before the bill goes to President Obama, it's a much better plan. ...more

January 30, 2009