PUBLISHER'S COLUMN

Republicans in New Smyrna Beach like businessman Bob Garrigues are excited about the possibility Jeb Bush might run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez when his term expires in…

I've only owned three "American" cars in my driving history: a 1976 Buick Sky-hawk, a 1993 Ford Escort and a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier. All were less than stellar, though the Sky-hawk, the only one…

An overwhelming majority of respondents to the NSBNEWS.net Insta Poll indicated an unwillingness to support a government bailout of the Big 3 Detroit automakers. And with good reason. Because they…

It's a good day to look at the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly" of our journalism competition.

The good goes to the weekly Observer for a touching story on a local man who lit up Christmas…

Kelly Capelli at Wachovia bank here in New Smyrna Beach understands the fallacies of Marxism that it "doesn’t work well because it destroys incentive and promotes crime.”

But many more…

Today is Thanksgiving -- a day for personal reflection. It gives us the opportunity to take stock in where we are in life and where we are headed. It's also a time to think about the needs of…

All schoolchildren are taught that the pilgrims had a hard time surviving at Plymouth, but managed to pull through and survive. What they are rarely taught is that the pilgrims made their initial…

Many New Smyrnans dislike political correctness but few seem to recognize the threat to their right to free speech that it represents. When asked if they thought political correctness presents a…

The game was over and they cried. Two young men drenched in sweat and tears knelled on the football field -- perhaps for the final time, competitively. Maybe not. College, the pros? Who knows? But…

The idea of bailing out the automakers is a bad one because it only delays the inevitable while bleeding the taxpayer. If the government simply gives the companies money the money will get spent…

It's hard to believe the news any more or maybe it's just that it is so depressing. For example, it turns out that nearly half the bail-out money for Wall Street is being re-directed. Makes you…

Now that we have a new president a lot of Americans think that their lives are going to get better. Unfortunately, while we may have changed presidents, the laws of economics haven’t changed one…