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Guest AuthorApril 27, 2016

Have you had enough yet? Are you tired of the political posturing, pettiness and pandering? Are you beginning to feel like you are back in middle school, stuck in an out of control classroom, where bullies reign supreme and little learning is taking place? If not, then I must assume you either just haven’t been […]

Guest AuthorApril 26, 2016

I was talking recently with one of my students who will graduate in May. He told me about his first year in college and began his reminiscence with: “Back in the day…” He’s 25 and I thought to myself: Back in what day? Back in the day for him was five years ago. Most of […]

Guest AuthorApril 25, 2016

“Algebra I is the most critical course students take in high school, and the ultimate gateway to success in higher education.” Do you believe that statement? I don’t. That declaration was the lead sentence in a recent full-page advertisement by a company that sells DVDs and CDs aimed at lifting the intellects of Americans willing […]

Guest AuthorApril 25, 2016

For the past several months, voters across the country have witnessed and participated in one of the most competitive presidential primary elections the Republican Party has held in decades. While one of our candidates could still very likely reach the needed 1,237 delegate threshold to clinch the nomination, it is also possible that none of […]

Guest AuthorApril 24, 2016

Gwen Graham‘s recent semi-surprise, twofer announcement has the Florida chattering classes (temporarily) taking their attention away from 2016 and toward the prospect of a post-Rick Scott state Capitol. 2018 will mark 20 straight years in which Republicans have monopolized the Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee. The existential terror Democrats face over a continuation of that dominance […]

Guest AuthorApril 21, 2016

In mid-April every year, Americans take a quote from Benjamin Franklin to heart – and the bank. He said that “nothing in life can be certain except death and taxes.” At the federal, state and local level, Americans are subjected to various taxes that chip away at their paychecks. While Floridians enjoy one of the […]

Guest AuthorApril 20, 2016

If you live in or around St. Petersburg, or decided now would be a great time to visit, you may have noticed something is a bit different in the Burg. A bit off. The vibe has been altered. Elderly folks looking for a reasonably priced brunch or Mah Jongg tournament are suddenly outnumbered by Type […]

Guest AuthorApril 19, 2016

A quarter of a century has passed since plans were completed for the Cady Way Trail, Central Florida’s first bike trail. It took two years to turn the plan into reality, as property owners were wary of placing a bike trail on a defunct rail line near their homes. The issue dominated a neighborhood meeting […]

Guest AuthorApril 19, 2016

Imagine you are the ant in Aesop’s famous fable. You have always done what you needed to do to plan for tomorrow. You stashed away assets for that inevitable rainy day, delaying instant gratification to provide for your own welfare over time. You have spent a lifetime embracing what Max Weber described in his seminal […]

Guest AuthorApril 19, 2016

I am not a big fan of sports metaphors or former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but both can be used to demonstrate the inanity and intellectual dishonesty driving the cries of unfairness coming out of the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Both are pushing similar messages about their respective parties’ nominating and delegate […]

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Ed Moore: Profiles in posturing, pettiness and pandering

Rebekah McCloud: He used the Internet; I used the encyclopedia

Bob Driver: ‘You Need Algebra!’ Says Who?

Blaise Ingoglia: Want to be a delegate to the Republican convention?

Ben Pollara: Baby got bench — Florida Democrat’s 2018 field

Dominic Calabro: Floridians’ tax burden is less than in many other states

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Some advice if you’re participating in St. Anthony’s Triathlon

Bruce Stephenson: The seed of humanity in Florida’s killing fields

Ed Moore: Imagine you are Aesop’s ant

Ben Pollara: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and fuzzy math