LAND O' LAKES - If Lake Myrtle Elementary School students had their way, the next president would be a character from a storybook ... maybe someone like Nancy Drew. ...more

November 1, 2008

I have heard the term "tax" and "spend" used so derogatorily about the Democrats by many Republicans in their campaign spiels that I decided to find out the validity of the usage. That meant a little research into the federal budget about income, spending and related borrowing. After a little digging I wondered, maybe the wrong party was labeled taxers and spenders. Take a look at the results of the following information. What do you think? I quickly found that I could not limit the scope of this examination to the present situation, so I went back 40 years to 1967, it includes four presidents before the current incumbent (G.W. Bush.) These four presidents are equally divided, two from each party with one four year termer and one eight-year-termer. Dollars are in billions and are founded to the nearest Billion. ...more

November 1, 2008

Girl Scouts of the USA, in collaboration with the Women Presidents' Organization and Sam's Club, hosted "On the Way to Pay Day" at Sam's Club, 5135 S. Dale Mabry Highway. Twenty-five local Girl Scouts participated at the Oct. 7 event, one of 10 held nationally to educate girls about financial literacy by playing the game Pay Day. ...more

October 22, 2008

Boosting exposure of art obviously helps the artists. It also gives people who enjoy viewing art more opportunities. ...more

October 22, 2008

Boosting exposure of art obviously helps the artists. It also gives people who enjoy viewing art more opportunities. ...more

October 22, 2008

Zimbabwe will not bow to pressure but will seek advice from other African leaders on how it should form a power-sharing government, the chief negotiator for President Robert Mugabe's party was quoted Sunday as saying. ...more

October 20, 2008

Running for U.S. president is a lot like auditioning for a role, and the country is about to cast someone to play it for the next four years. ...more

October 9, 2008

Reference Darrel Johnston's Aug. 29 letter "Typical Politics." To paraphrase him: "When a candidate runs for the most important office in the world, and has nothing to offer in the way of experience, he will not and should not prevail." ...more

September 18, 2008

I get a kick out of hearing the president or presidential candidates saying they know how to win a war. These aren't the days when rulers go to battle with their troops. Presidents don't lead the wars and they don't win the wars. They rely on the Pentagon and the warriors to do a professional job. The key is the president must listen to what is needed and combine diplomacy to ensure wars are won. ...more

September 1, 2008

Because of the age difference between the two major party candidates for president, it may be important to examine some statistics. ...more

June 23, 2008