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Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2016

The GOP candidates are now sprinting to Super Tuesday. Donald Trump has the momentum from victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. However, this is a big contest and no primary should be taken for granted. Trump also has the advantage of holding good polling numbers going into Tuesday’s elections. The Super Tuesday voting […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2016

Marco Rubio poses as a national security expert. Perhaps among the Republican contenders, he’s the closest thing they’ve got. In which case, God help us all. A Washington Post story over the weekend indicates that Rubio’s interest in national security was just a pose from the beginning. As a rising star in the Florida House, […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2016

A team of scholars from Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Munich recently made a startling discovery: Florida delivers better bang-for-buck in K-12 education than any other state in the nation. And it isn’t even close. This finding is apt to surprise many Floridians who’ve grown accustomed to hearing our state’s education establishment claim that […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2016

A team of scholars from Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Munich recently made a startling discovery: Florida delivers better bang-for-buck in K-12 education than any other state in the nation. And it isn’t even close. This finding is apt to surprise many Floridians who’ve grown accustomed to hearing our state’s education establishment claim that […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2016

The OMG moment tucked itself among the scone recipe, the adorable kitten video and the wing-nut screeds in my Facebook feed. There it was: The account of Gloria Steinem’s and Madeleine Albright’s speculations that today’s young women were failing to show up for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton because (a) they’d rather be where the […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

Was it inevitable? Who the hell knows. But it is a fact: Donald Trump has a better chance than ever to become the GOP nominee for president. It appears Ted Cruz is pushing against the reality of his threadbare coalition. There are just not that many evangelicals and hard-core conservatives to support him past his […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

“That was close.” I say that a lot. I’ve been running a few years now and cycling for almost 11 months. These activities are supposed to be good for my health, but there are days I’d be safer at home on the couch. When running, I try to stay on sidewalks. In Tampa’s finest neighborhoods, […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

It’s funny to me that the prompt on Facebook for posting says, “What’s on your mind?” Of course, what’s on my mind and everyone else’s these days is our presidential election. It’s become even more on my mind since Saturday night when the inevitable, in this year of little substance and mostly showtime, happened and […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 24, 2016

It’s not surprising that David Guest and his radical Earthjustice group would use a true weather-related crisis – record rain and flooding across Central and South Florida – to level yet another mean-spirited and false assault on local farmers living and working in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Guest’s statement regarding the state and federal government’s […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 23, 2016

It’s funny to me that the prompt on Facebook for posting says, “What’s on your mind?” Of course, what’s on my mind and everyone else’s these days is our presidential election. It’s become even more on my mind since Saturday night when the inevitable, in this year of little substance and mostly showtime, happened and […]

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Tim Bryce: What to expect from the GOP on Super Tuesday

Jac VerSteeg: Marco Rubio is a national security shirker

William Mattox: Bang-for-buck study should inform Florida’s per-pupil spending debate

William Mattox: Bang-for-buck study should inform Florida’s per-pupil spending debate

Linda Grist Cunningham: Boomer women shouldn’t fret that younger women are making their own political decisions

Chris Timmons: Donald Trump’s rise will trigger the fall of the GOP

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Walking, riding a bike can be dangerous to your health

Ed H. Moore: Where Jeb Bush supporters should go, and why

Phillip Roland: Environmental activist’s claims about Everglades water and farmers don’t square with facts

Ed H. Moore: Where Jeb Bush supporters should go, and why