Columns

WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry's rapid lead over previous Republican front-runner Mitt Romney was predictable.

I've always considered former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to be an astute political observer.

Not long ago, I wrote about how the private sector outraces and laps government. While governments dither and dispute, the private sector discovers.

Jobs, jobs, jobs -- from every corner of the country politicians say we must create more jobs in America.

MADISON, Wis. -- The residues of liberalism's Wisconsin Woodstock -- 1960s radicalism redux: operatic lamentations, theatrical demonstrations and electoral futilities -- are words of plaintive defiance painted on sidewalks around the state Capitol.

The hurricane season might have started slowly, and Florida has been lucky to avoid storm impacts for several years, but the forecast path for Hurricane Irene shows the dangers of complacency.

Is the Senate trying to re-ignite the Cold War?

One of the few issues on which opinion has moved left over the last few years is same-sex marriage.

A sampling of the cost for drug-testing welfare recipients in Central Florida shows the program is a loss leader for the state.