Our recession is tough, but imagine an America where the jobless rate was 25 percent instead of 10 percent, where the blue-plate special was 25 cents and many people still couldn't afford it, where there were no unemployment checks or food stamps, where farmers couldn't afford to feed their cattle. ...more

November 8, 2009

Highlands Hammock State Park will play host today to the 24th annual Civilian Conservation Corps Festival, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...more

November 7, 2009

There will be fun for the whole family from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, at the 24th annual Civilian Conservation Corps Festival at Highlands Hammock State Park. ...more

November 4, 2009

How does this recession compare with the Great Depression? We've got it much easier. But there are enough similarities to learn from looking back. ...more

October 26, 2009

How does this recession compare with the Great Depression? We've got it much easier. But there are enough similarities to learn from looking back. ...more

October 26, 2009

In 1933, as today, a new president stepped into the White House, vowing change and decisive action at a time when a banking crisis posed a grave threat to the nation's economy. ...more

February 9, 2009

Edward P. Miller of New Port Richey says he knows from first-hand experience that op-ed page columnist Rich Lowry was wrong to downplay the importance of the New Deal in ending the Depression. ...more

January 28, 2009

The economy is the big question in the U.S.A. Why not adopt the movement made by F.D.R. in the late 1920s; CCC camps (Civilian Conservation Corps.) It helped then and we sure could use it now. As you travel up and down the East Coast, if you look you will see bridges and roads made by the CCC group. I don't believe unemployment was in effect at this time. ...more

December 6, 2008

Escorting her granddaughters, 3-year-old Madi and 6-year-old Tori Cornell, around Highlands Hammock State Park on Saturday, Pam Fafeila summed up what drew thousands of people to the park's 23rd annual Civilian Conservation Corps Festival. ...more

November 2, 2008

News of economic turmoil bombards us at every turn these days. It may remind some elderly Americans of the fear that struck the nation at the start of the Great Depression. ...more

October 19, 2008