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Guest AuthorNovember 23, 2015

It’s a shame President Barack Obama missed the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show this month. He would have been so proud of all he’s done for the rich. As the boat show demonstrated, wealthy people are doing really, really well these days. For example, Danielle Butler, president of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, told […]

Guest AuthorNovember 22, 2015

It’s a shame President Barack Obama missed the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show this month. He would have been so proud of all he’s done for the rich. As the boat show demonstrated, wealthy people are doing really, really well these days. For example, Danielle Butler, president of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, told […]

Guest AuthorNovember 22, 2015

The world of Information Technology throws buzzwords and catch phrases around like Tom Cruise does liquor bottles in the movie “Cocktail.” How in the world was that film a success by the way? Oh man, the ‘80s. Anyway, in 2015 we’ve heard about The Cloud, Big Data, Corporate Vulnerability, Mobile, Smart, the Internet of Things, […]

Guest AuthorNovember 18, 2015

I will never forget the first time I had to think – and I mean really think – about gender equality. It was after class during my senior year of high school and I was having a casual conversation with my literature teacher. I always enjoyed listening to her perspective on life and this time […]

Guest AuthorNovember 17, 2015

You no doubt feel overwhelmed by the reporting and commentary after this past Friday’s slaughter in Paris. A lot of smart people have written about the brutality of the attacks, the complexities of the ISIS threat and the West’s response. To simplify things, I’ve drafted sobering answers to basic questions I suspect many of you […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2015

The Baha’is of Palm Beach County met at Freedom Park in Greenacres to celebrate the birthdays of the Bab and Baha’u’llah. Baha’is all over the world were celebrating the birth of their founder, Baha’u’llah, when the news of the terrorist attacks in Paris broke this past Friday. Ironically, this is the first year that Baha’is […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2015

The city of Orlando has a very important item on its Consent Agenda for Monday. That item is an amendment to the city’s red-light camera contract with American Traffic Solutions (formerly known as Lasercraft), and it’s very important because it calls for a contract extension of five years along with an expansion of up to […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2015

Over the weekend, images of wanton bloodshed in Paris were conveyed to Americans. Unlike ISIS’ other barbaric attacks, including the horrific bombing of a Russian airliner about a week previous, this attack seemed to hit closer to home. The Paris attacks raised the level of concern and awareness of the ISIS threat to this country. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 15, 2015

Over the weekend, images of wanton bloodshed in Paris were conveyed to Americans. Unlike ISIS’ other barbaric attacks, including the horrific bombing of a Russian airliner about a week previous, this attack seemed to hit closer to home. The Paris attacks raised the level of concern and awareness of the ISIS threat to this country. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 12, 2015

It’s working! No, not Gov. Rick Scott’s economic incentives program, which Scott is pushing relentlessly (to the detriment to his credibility: little does Scott care) and receiving much resistance from state lawmakers. It loses money, doesn’t bring jobs, and has a total of $140 million in escrow accounts. Yet the governor asks for an additional […]

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Tom O’Hara: We must invite the president to next year’s Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

Tom O’Hara: We must invite the president to next year’s Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

Blake Dowling: Technology buzzwords and catch phrases — what does it all mean?

Elizabeth Santiago: The conversation that determined my views on gender equality

Tom O’Hara: Grim questions, sobering answers after Paris

Catherine Martinez: Beacon of hope extends hand to war-weary world

David Shaw: Orlando using skewed data to boost red-light camera program

Steven Kurlander: Faux unité avec Paris — ditching internationalism to protect the American Dream

Steven Kurlander: Faux unité avec Paris — ditching internationalism to protect the American Dream

Chris Timmons: Governor ignores his one big success story