The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama today as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate. ...more

November 8, 2009

Buy The Houses As a constituent, I'm concerned with the government's trigger happy approach to spending money on aiding a sickly banking industry. In fact, I find myself asking exactly what this is doing for the average American, while more people are losing homes and jobs, and ending up in shelters and on the street. My mom teaches kids whose families are afflicted by the economic crisis, and her school has been helping to shower and clothe kids in this position. ...more

March 22, 2009

Speaking not as an economist, but as a lawyer born during the Depression, thus growing up both before, during, and in the shadow of World War II with its economic deprivation and "ration coupon" induced austerity, gives one a considerably different perspective than a "boomer" who hit the ground running in the swinging sixties with its unconstrained counter-culture followed by decades of consumer excess. ...more

February 20, 2009

Soaring unemployment, rampant business closings and a crushing mortgage crisis have dampened any hopes of an economic turnaround in 2009. ...more

December 29, 2008

OLSDMAR -- Michelle Yongue insists she's like other 10 year olds. She loves reading Nancy Drew mysteries, playing with her dog Happy and hanging out with her friends. But there is one difference that marks Michelle from other children her age. Michelle is legally blind. She has rod-cone dystrophy. Because of the inherited eye disorder she can see shapes but without any detail. ...more

June 28, 2008

Is Highlands County's economy beginning to turn around? A growing number of people have that hunch, even though no firm numbers can prove it. To some of us it seems like things are looking a bit better. It's a gut feeling but there are a few signs that look promising. We hope that's the case, and a lot of whether it is or not is all about perception by residents. ...more

October 3, 2007