Despite another low turnout at the polls, a clear majority of voters in state House District 58 has elected Democrat Janet Cruz as their new representative in Tallahassee. ...more

February 24, 2010

Special general election for state House District 58 seat takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today ...more

February 23, 2010

President Obama has asked Republicans to bring ideas to a health-care summit on Thursday. This is an opportunity for Washington to start fresh and for conservatives to lead the way after the apparent defeat of the Democrats' plan. In response to the president's challenge, here are five common-sense ways to tackle runaway health-care costs: ...more

February 21, 2010

I am compelled to respond to two editorial pieces that appeared in the Monday, Feb. 15 issue of Highlands Today. One is a letter from Sandi Eldenberger of Sebring and the other is a column by syndicated writer Steve Chapman. ...more

February 20, 2010

Reagan's error Editor: In his Feb. 13 letter to the editor, Ralph Pryor declared, "Now we have Obama - and no hope and no cash." He declared his preference for Ronald Reagan, the union buster who pushed for lower wages and free trade. This is the Reagan credit card economy: government spending but not taxing. Obama did not cause the current economic problems, but he and we are stuck with them. ...more

February 20, 2010

It is sometimes amusing and often incomprehensible when someone calls Sarah Palin and ignoramus, as Steve Chapman and Sandi Eldenberger did recently! ...more

February 20, 2010

Greg Reiners stood on the flight line at Dover Air Force base early Monday. It was cold and silent, save for the sound of soldiers' footfalls and the whine of the C-17's generators keeping the lights on in the bay of the big cargo plane ahead of them. ...more

February 19, 2010

I don't know when we made the turn, but America has taken a lesson from sports and turned into a trash-talking, in-your-face political farce. ...more

February 19, 2010

Sarah Palin may not be your favorite "champion of intellectual thought, but to characterize her as anti-intellectual is completely unfair and disingenuous. Most of this country is anti-intellectual when it comes to the kind of garbage our current administration is serving up. ...more

February 18, 2010

The Florida Supreme Court continues to make it more difficult for lenders to foreclose in the Sunshine State. ...more

February 16, 2010