Sept. 10, 2001, was a strange day for me.

When I was a young lawyer in Miami, I found myself in depositions day after day with two far more experienced lawyers who just couldnt get along.

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

Both the governor and a candidate for U.S. Senate recently announced that they will revive Bob Graham's "workdays." This caused me to reflect on the many "workdays" of my life.

It is a simple fact in household economics that you cant spend more money than you make.

The end is near. The last space shuttle mission soon will be completed. Unfortunately, because of a lack of vision and leadership in Washington, we may be seeing the beginning of the end for our national space program as well.

Last year, Floridas Agency for Workforce Innovation projected that Florida would gain 1.1 million jobs by 2017. It was noted that most of the projected job gains would simply be recouping the jobs lost from 2006 to 2009.

Over the last month I have had the opportunity to meet with government and business leaders from Japan and Italy -- including the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Ichiro Fujisaki, and the president of Umbria in Italy, Catiuscia Marini.