One thing becoming abundantly clear is that our elected representatives have forgotten their role as legislators. ...more

March 14, 2010

On health care reform, the strategy of President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders is psychologically understandable - as well as delusional. ...more

February 24, 2010

The St. Petersburg Times and The Tampa Tribune editorials on Jan. 21 took an entirely different read on the election of Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate. ...more

January 24, 2010

Since conservatives are scorching the paint off the walls denouncing the House and Senate health care bills, do they have an alternative? The libertarian Cato Institute advocates health savings accounts as a free market alternative. Newt Gingrich also advocates health savings accounts. ...more

December 31, 2009

The fact that we've known since the beginning of time that politicians negotiate sweetheart deals to get legislation passed doesn't do anything to lessen the anger we feel over the Senate health care bill. This isn't about disagreeing with needed improvements. It is about "buying" votes by offering special gifts for states. ...more

December 23, 2009

In a victory for people with cancer and other serious medical problems, the White House agreed Friday to help close a loophole in the Senate health care bill allowing annual dollar limits on their care. ...more

December 11, 2009

The United States has the best health care in the world, but because of its inefficiencies, also the most expensive. The fundamental problem with the 2,074-page Senate health care bill (as with its 2,014-page House counterpart) is that it wildly compounds the complexity by adding hundreds of new provisions, regulations, mandates, committees and other arbitrary bureaucratic inventions. ...more

November 29, 2009

The entire Declaration of Independence, including all 56 signatures, is contained on a single hand-written sheet of paper. ...more

October 21, 2009

For three weeks, they've listened. Now comes the hard part. Lawmakers spent the first weeks of their spring session listening as state agencies rolled out the stark options for shrinking the $65 billion state budget. ...more

March 24, 2009

Medicaid officials don't expect their $250 million computer system to run trouble-free until summer. ...more

February 6, 2009