Columns

During the past spring's legislative session in Tallahassee, state lawmakers in a bipartisan effort passed House Joint Resolution 931, the student appointment to the Florida Board of Governors (BOG). This resolution will take the form of Amendment 12 on this years ballot.

Early in Ronald Reagan's second term, Bill Rusher, the publisher of National Review, was interviewing the president in the Oval Office for a documentary on the conservative movement.

This campaign season, candidates on the national, state and local levels continue to discuss the best ways to provide relief to struggling families and paths toward economic growth.

Back in May, I wrote a column laying out possible scenarios for the 2012 campaign different from the conventional wisdom that it would be a long, hard slog through a fixed list of target states like the race in 2004.

Florida Consumer Action Network opposes all this year's constitutional amendments, including 11, the Florida Senior Homestead Tax Exemption. Why? Why not give tax cuts to low-income seniors?

In the final debate, liberal CBS anchorman Bob Schieffer did it right. He moderated without asserting his own political opinions. Indeed, if this was all you had as a compass, you'd never know where he leaned. It was a welcome change from the Raddatz and Crowley libfests.

When the news from Washington contains words such as million, billion and trillion, its all too easy for our eyes to glaze over. Numbers that big arent easy to grasp.

"If you want peace, prepare for war." -- Ancient Roman wisdom

How will this election be seen in history? Obviously, it depends on who wins.

Despite its name, Amendment 10, titled Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption, refers to a tax that businesses pay. It applies to any equipment used to earn income, like furniture, fixtures, machinery, tools, shelving and signs.