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Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2016

“House of Cards” is back, but I’m more of a “West Wing” gal – change through consensus and hard work, rather than by pushing someone into the path of an oncoming train. That’s why I’m a Bernie Sanders fan. Here’s why it’d be great to see him win on Tuesday. It will: Piss off pundits […]

Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2016

Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s acerbic speaking style on the campaign trail rankles many, but focus needs to be turned to how his caustic approach would play out on the world stage. The shock and denial about Trump’s political rise is getting old, and it’s time to face the possibility that he, this time next year, […]

Guest AuthorMarch 9, 2016

The big drug company Pfizer has been squeezing Florida families by hiking its prices while dodging its taxes, putting a strain on both personal and public budgets. Now it’s pursuing its biggest tax avoidance scheme ever. Luckily, President Obama can stop it. Nothing has stopped Pfizer’s recent price gouging. The pharmaceutical giant has routinely raised […]

Guest AuthorMarch 9, 2016

Censorship is not all bad! Free-speech idealists argue that the solution to bad speech (misinformation, lies, abusive language, etc.) is not censorship but more speech. But bad speech can, and often does, drown out the good. A classic form of bad speech is hate speech. Jeremy Waldron, a law professor at the New York University […]

Guest AuthorMarch 9, 2016

As Donald Trump moves ever closer to snagging the GOP nomination for U.S. president, he will probably ask for – and receive – a high level of Secret Service protection. He may well need it. As the weeks pass, the political atmosphere is heating up to the point where “ugly” no longer describes what’s going […]

Guest AuthorMarch 8, 2016

Dear Mary, Joseph and the wee donkey. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, just asked Tony Parker, the RNC treasurer, to get in touch with me. Yeah, he did. I got the letter in the mail this week. Had a handwritten note from Tony himself, promising that if I’d send him a pledge […]

Guest AuthorMarch 8, 2016

Each Legislative Session brings a cadre of bills, usually touted as consumer-friendly measures, that on the surface sound like good-government laws. In reality, such bills often have unintended consequences that should be exposed for consumer protection reasons. Companions House Bill 1041 and Senate Bill 966, related to unclaimed property, form one such example of state […]

Guest AuthorMarch 7, 2016

Based on the posts I see daily on social media, I have to wonder who in the world is voting for Donald Trump. I rarely see anyone openly advocating for him. So I must conclude I have done a wise job gathering my collection of friends, people with distinct and well developed tastes, wise minds […]

Guest AuthorMarch 7, 2016

After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the partisan maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the Fair Districts amendments, Rep. John Wood, R-Polk, called for impeachment proceedings against the justices. Now, Wood and his colleagues in the House are asking the people of Florida to believe that the judicial term-limits bill passed in the […]

Guest AuthorMarch 7, 2016

While most Floridians are working and going to school this week, elected officials in Tallahassee are considering how to spend an eye-popping $80 billion of your hard-earned tax money. That’s nearly $4,000 for every adult and child in the state. Too few Floridians have the time to keep an eye on Tallahassee to make sure […]

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Catherine Durkin Robinson: 12 reasons to vote for Bernie Sanders on Tuesday

Sarah Maricle Ayers: Consider Donald Trump a strong advocate for U.S. interests

Mark Ferrulo: Pfizer’s bad medicine for Floridians

Barry Jason Mauer: Censorship is Not All Bad

Bob Driver: Barack Obama's gift to Donald Trump

Linda Cunningham: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders are GOP’s best option at this point

Paul Sanford: Governor should veto state money-grab legislation

Ed Moore: Donald Trump’s nomination could be disaster for GOP

Eric Lesh and Mark Ferrulo: Another legislative power grab for control of the courts

Dominic Calabro: Floridians deserve an accountable, transparent budgeting process