All 208 episodes of television's "General Electric Theater," hosted by then-actor Ronald Reagan, are being delivered to former first lady Nancy Reagan on Wednesday as part of the two-year celebration of the late president's 100th birthday. ...more

March 17, 2010

Excerpts from a recent editorial in a newspaper in the United States: The Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, on Census participation: ...more

March 16, 2010

Sarah Palin invokes him. Mitt Romney glorifies him. The "tea party" movement hopes to recapture him. And the Republican Party still can't get over him. ...more

March 14, 2010

West Pasco people news items. ...more

March 10, 2010

Last November, bosses at a certain company in Marlboro, N.J., went to employees asking for help. It was a tough stretch, and the unemployment rate had just exceeded 10 percent for the first time since April 1983. ...more

March 7, 2010

Brown-Waite doesn't get it U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, responded to previous articles I had written concerning her rather dismal record as a member of the U.S. Congress, by an attack on my character inferring that I was either lying, misinformed or lacking knowledge of the workings of our government. ...more

March 3, 2010

According to the 11th commandment of politics, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican." Although it is often attributed to Ronald Reagan, the real author of this call for harmony within GOP ranks, even during tough primary campaigns, was a fellow named Gaylord Parkinson, who for a time was Republican state chairman in California. ...more

February 27, 2010

"Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pastels, but bold colors, which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?" ...more

February 24, 2010

Reagan's error Editor: In his Feb. 13 letter to the editor, Ralph Pryor declared, "Now we have Obama - and no hope and no cash." He declared his preference for Ronald Reagan, the union buster who pushed for lower wages and free trade. This is the Reagan credit card economy: government spending but not taxing. Obama did not cause the current economic problems, but he and we are stuck with them. ...more

February 20, 2010

We once had a President who was a governor and a movie star? Of course that would be our 40th President of the United States of America, President Ronald Reagan. What made up for his lack of an Ivy-League education seemed to be a simplistic way of getting the job done. His resume says that he played football, and worked his way through Eureka College. He acted in school plays and became a radio sports announcer. ...more

February 17, 2010