Costly campaign vows face reality check (Boston Globe)
Barack Obama promises $4,000 credits to help pay college tuition. Hillary Rodham Clinton backs $25 billion for home heating subsidies. And John McCain wants to not only extend President Bush's tax cuts, but eliminate the alternative minimum tax at a cost of about $2 trillion over 10 years.

Experts Give Answers on Health Care (The Lakeland Ledger)
My recent columns on retiree health care and Social Security benefits prompted a number of questions from readers worried about insurance options for the pre-Medicare crowd, and the mechanics of Social Security.I went back to the experts on both of these topics to get the answers.