Editorials

Last Sunday’s article and photos brought forward many stories. Some of the calls to me from readers told of heartfelt experiences; one told of sorrow and pain.

Americans are an industrious people. They like to work. And they are unhappy when they can’t — as shown with the unrest over the current 9 percent-plus unemployment, a rate many countries would take in a second.

Despite the tenth of a percent increase in the unemployment rate last month to 9.6, there was actually some good news in the latest U.S. Department of Labor figures.

Committee needs your input

They get it. So, they got it.

I am the chairperson of the city of Bonita Springs’ Veterans Advisory Committee.

Bethel A.M.E. Church had a very successful summer camp.

A world-class convention center? A big, open, indoor space catering to arts and/or crafts expos?

As a state that is home to millions of seniors who depend on dividend income for their retirement security, Florida has a particular interest in the upcoming congressional debate over federal income taxes. At issue is whether the current 15 ...

A look at some of the good, the bad and the questionable

This spring a blue-ribbon roster of retired military leaders issued a report titled, with characteristic bluntness, “Too Fat to Fight,” in which they said the epidemic of childhood obesity was posing a threat to America’s national security.

The next U.S. senator from Alaska could well be Joe Miller, a fiscal conservative backed by the Tea Party Express and $550,000 of its money.

As a state that is home to millions of seniors who depend on dividend income for their retirement security, Florida has a particular interest in the upcoming congressional debate over federal income taxes. At issue is whether the current 15 ...

As much as the Iraq war will ever have a formal end it did so this week when President Barack Obama in a rare speech — only his second — from the Oval Office pronounced "the end of our combat ...

The latest example to come to our attention is the reciprocal pact with Bangor University of Wales for marine sciences.