Under heavy pressure to get Americans back to work, President Barack Obama on Monday suggested using a suddenly available pot of money left over from the government's bank bailout to help create more jobs. ...more

December 8, 2009

"Better Off Ted" is back and we're better off for it. Last season, I dismissed this comedy based on the pilot episode. But I was wrong. With each episode, it got better and soon it became "critically acclaimed," but the audience wasn't there yet. ...more

December 8, 2009

Nearly 40 years ago, a Kenyan father was visiting his son in Hawaii and took him to his first jazz concert. The boy was Barack Obama and the performer was jazz great Dave Brubeck. ...more

December 8, 2009

Within hours of Tampa Democrat Michael Scionti announcing his resignation to take a position with the Obama administration, a West Tampa activist has emerged as the likely successor. ...more

December 7, 2009

With President Barack Obama's recent announcement to deploy more troops to Afghanistan, Hillsborough County wants to remind local soldiers and their families about a grant that could ease their financial burdens. ...more

December 7, 2009

Some early economic indicators show that job losses are slowing and even turning around. That's great news and it can't happen fast enough. With the exception of national security, job creation is our country's top priority. ...more

December 6, 2009

The Senate on Friday turned back a Republican effort to eliminate a long-term care insurance program to help seniors and the disabled, saving the plan, once championed by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in its health overhaul bill. ...more

December 5, 2009

With 20,000 delegates, advocates and journalists jetting to Copenhagen for planet Earth's last chance, the carbon footprint of the global warming summit will be the only impressive consequence of the climate change meeting. Its organizers had hoped it would produce binding caps on emissions, global taxation to redistribute trillions of dollars and micromanagement of everyone's choices. ...more

December 5, 2009

Attorney General Eric Holder and President Barack Obama made a huge mistake when they decided to try the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in U.S. District Court in New York. ...more

December 5, 2009

Many people these days are fed up with government waste, huge federal deficits and corporate bailouts. ...more

December 4, 2009