I'm the first to admit that I'm not the brightest bulb in the lamp but I do have a suggestion for the president and members of Congress regarding health care. If national health care isn't the answer, why not cut some of the costs by removing the health care given to the president, members of Congress and all government workers? Let them pay what the taxpayers are paying for health care and medication, and then perhaps they will begin to understand the needs of so many people in this country. ...more

March 22, 2009

"Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination," by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann (Counterpoint, $33) ...more

January 18, 2009

This is the most critical election in my lifetime. ...more

November 1, 2008

Vote For A Grown-Up We have a chance to have a grown-up as president after 16 years of baby boomers in charge in Washington and Wall Street. Maybe it is time for a grown-up to clean up the mess. ...more

October 17, 2008

Fred Palensar of Holiday wants Social Security and Medicare returned to own funds and out of federal general fund. ...more

June 4, 2008

Bill Allen of New Port Richey says Hillary Clinton's comments on Lyndon Johnson's role in passing Civil Rights Act are a fact, not a slight to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ...more

January 30, 2008

Regarding "Respite In Clinton-Obama Racial Row" (Our Opinion, Jan. 16): I do believe that Senator Clinton was complimenting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King needed someone to champion the legislation and sign it into law. ...more

January 21, 2008

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stepped onto a political landmine a few weeks ago when she marginalized the contributions of Martin Luther King to the civil rights movement. ...more

January 20, 2008