Capitol Hill Democrats are muscling through a deficit-swelling spending bill, giving domestic programs their third major boost this year and awarding lawmakers with more than 5,000 back-home projects. ...more

December 10, 2009

President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners Thursday with humble words, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious award to "reach for the world that ought to be." ...more

December 10, 2009

In his first week in office last January, President Barack Obama promised greater transparency by federal agencies generally reluctant to respond promptly to requests for information from the public. ...more

December 10, 2009

Twenty years ago, Shirley Grimes wished for a home that "no one could take away from her." ...more

December 10, 2009

John Stossel says his new weekly show on Fox Business Network will be a work in progress. He is still adjusting to this new role as an opinionated commentator. ...more

December 10, 2009

Curtailing warming I agree with Paul Krugman's "An affordable truth" (Other Views, Dec. 8). If we do not do something about global warming, we will not have a global world to worry about. ...more

December 10, 2009

Two local health clinics will share $6.6 million in federal stimulus grant money to expand services. ...more

December 10, 2009

In response to Blaise Ingoglia's eloquent column in the Dec. 4 edition of Hernando Today, I wish to share the following comments. ...more

December 9, 2009

President Barack Obama is wrong to overly politicize the nation's economic downturn, even though his critics are doing the same to him. ...more

December 9, 2009

More of America's largest companies will shrink their staffs rather than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their CEOs. ...more

December 9, 2009