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Guest AuthorAugust 12, 2016

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In the age where cannabis is finally being re-recognized as treatment for a vast plethora of human ailments and regaining the stature it had for centuries before it was degraded by lies, bigotry and greed, it’s time that the media grow up, and start by using the appropriate nomenclature for the plant that has been […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2016

Emotion drenched the first meeting last week in Marianna of the state task force charged with deciding how Florida memorializes dead boys who possibly endured unspeakable depravity at the shuttered state-run Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. For two years, University of South Florida researchers scoured the nearly 1,400-acre grounds. Their sleuthing unearthed 51 sets […]

Guest AuthorAugust 6, 2016

Perhaps the most poignant words spoken at last week’s Democratic National Convention came from a heartbroken dad who’d lost his son in Iraq in service to Old Glory. Yet, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s scheme to bar Muslims from entering the nation for which Khizr Khan’s son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, sacrificed his life […]

Guest AuthorAugust 3, 2016

The American Marketing Association identified “interactive ad-blocking programs” for electronic devices, including cell phones, as one of the most important strategic issues for marketers in 2016. Advertising is a key component in the marketing mix of businesses, and the inability to reach users through advertising will change the marketing strategy of all businesses. This is […]

Guest AuthorAugust 3, 2016

From the Panhandle to the Keys and from rural communities to our biggest cities, economic opportunity is important to all 20 million Floridians. This month, Tampa Bay highlights the growth we are experiencing across the state and challenges other regions to follow its lead so that every family in Florida can experience the American Dream. […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2016

Supervisor of elections offices have been inundated with voters switching from Democrat, Independent and NPA (no party affiliation) to Republican. Is there a conservative wave taking over Northeast Florida? Not quite. Two of the most important races in Northeast Florida include the race for State Attorney and Public Defender for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, which […]

Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2016

Imagine that, for the next 30 years, you had to forfeit a quarter of every post-tax dollar you earn. And imagine you get nothing in return; rather, all those quarters just corrode at the bottom of a wishing well. Doesn’t sound appealing, does it? That’s basically what we’re doing as a city. Nearly 25 percent […]

Guest AuthorJuly 26, 2016

Hats off to Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James. Her forum on the explosion of water claims, held June 14 in Boca Raton, shows determination to help consumers despite politics that have blocked even one floor debate in the Florida Legislature. Water losses could be the worst consumer rip-off ever. Reports from the Office of Insurance […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2016

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With the Democratic coronation of Hillary (and Bill again, too) Clinton slated to begin Monday, it looks like Congresswoman and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz won’t be waving her very curly hair, or the gavel, as chairwoman of the convention in Philadelphia. In fact, she resigned her position as chairwoman before the convention […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2016

You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? —Matthew 7:16 (ESV) Some 2,000 years ago, Peter joined Jesus at the Mount of Olives. That fateful night, the man who walked on water foretold his faithful follower soon would walk away from him. Never, Peter assured. Never. “Truly, […]

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Gary Stein: Time for Northwest Florida Daily News to respect medical marijuana

Darryl E. Owens: Proposals for offsite reform school memorial insults memory of dead Dozier boys

Darryl E. Owens: Trump’s Wrath over Khan offers more evidence of unfitness to lead troops

William Steiger: Don’t block my ads! Just improve advertising experience

Cissy Proctor: Tampa Bay’s economy is flourishing

Leslie Jean-Bart: Conservative wave in NE Florida? Not quite.

Matt Brockelman: Why we must vote yes on Lenny Curry’s Jax pension tax referendum

Scott Johnson: Assignment of Benefits — Florida’s worst consumer rip-off

Steven Kurlander: In defense of Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Darryl E. Owens: Evangelical choir singing discordant support for Donald Trump campaign