With the state facing at least a $3 billion shortfall, Gov. Charlie Crist and state lawmakers must get serious about generating more revenue. Yes, more budget cuts are inevitable, but Florida already spends less per person than any state in the South. The surest way to doom the state's economic prospects is to neglect its education system, infrastructure, resource protection and the social safety net that helps those in need regain self-sufficiency. ...more

March 25, 2009

Two-Party System Regarding "Strip The Party Politics From Supervisor Post" (Our Opinion, Feb. 25): ...more

March 2, 2009

Florida has turned its back on major problems for years, which has helped make this year's budget crisis harder to manage. ...more

March 1, 2009

Homeowners moving into this new waterfront neighborhood in the late 1960s paid $5 a year for sea wall repair and canal maintenance. ...more

November 29, 2007

In an op-ed article, "The War For GOP's Soul" (Other Views, Nov. 3), Michael Gerson argued that "the Republican Party is in the midst of an ideological identity crisis." Perhaps because of his experiences within the Bush administration, Gerson falsely portrayed the choice as between libertarianism (or "anti-government conservatism") and the "social teachings of the Jewish and Christian traditions," arguing that the former ignores the plight of the most disadvantaged. But that misunderstands the nature of the true conservative's reluctance to rush headlong into large, new government programs. ...more

November 23, 2007