Congratulations to the far right's propaganda machine, the world's most powerful, for its immensely successful campaign to transfer the blame for the previous eight years to the Democrats in 2010. It summarily dismissed its culpability of instigating the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and transferred it to 2010. However, the blame for the recent election in Massachusetts can be laid at the feet of Democrats, mainly Senators Lieberman and Dodd of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Lambreiu of Los Angeles; even Reid of Nevada (although he has performed remarkably as the Senate leader.) Their greedy grasps for billions in their states prolonged the debate on health care at least six months, which led up to Senator Brown. ...more

February 14, 2010

Don't go tossing out all your shoes just yet. Scientists at Harvard have found that people who run barefoot or in minimal footwear are less likely to damage and hurt their feet than those who run in shoes. ...more

February 4, 2010

Carolyn Dundas of New Port Richey doesn't like John McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. ...more

September 20, 2008

Scientists working to help astronauts regain balance after extended flights in zero gravity say they have found a way to use the research to help elderly people avoid catastrophic falls. ...more

August 1, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Moments after receiving the news that he had been selected as the next coach for the Pasco High boys basketball team, Derek Heard got on the phone and placed a call he had been looking forward to for years. ...more

July 19, 2008

A Letter to my 'Representatives (?)" ...more

June 13, 2008

Why fight the proliferation of video games if you can use them to improve the nation's health? ...more

May 30, 2008

Not only can we not afford the terrible body count for wars, but the cost of desperately needed domestic programs, border security, import safety inspections, significant medical care for citizens, educating our very own children, care of the elderly, endless domestic programs that are failing or have failed. ...more

October 3, 2007