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Guest AuthorJuly 7, 2014

Like every year, many patriotic editorials and articles were written July 4 holiday about the significance of the Declaration of Independence, the tremendous impact it’s had on Western civilization, and the bravery of those patriots who told the British to kiss our New World asses. And like every other year, many centered their analysis on […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2014

Driving across Alabama the other day, I heard a political candidate on the car radio proudly declaring that, if elected, he will oppose Obamacare. Really, Alabama? You’re a state that’s above average in only two ways – college football and payments from Uncle Sam. Alabama is No. 11 when it comes to total federal spending […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2014

Florida elections have become wars fought with emails, television spots, press releases, staged press conferences and mailers. There is always someone trying to dig up dirt on the opposition and others willing to push it across the web. There was a time when campaigning wasn’t so cutthroat. My father was an election commissioner for Washington […]

Guest AuthorJuly 6, 2014

As a mother and physician, it’s important for me to shed light on Amendment 2 and how I feel it will hurt our communities, neighbors and, most importantly, our children — just like pill mills did in the all-too-recent past. If Amendment 2 is successful, it unquestionably will be an open invitation for disreputable pot […]

Guest AuthorJuly 3, 2014

Because of a credit rating downgrade by Moody’s Investors Service, Jacksonville will soon be paying higher interest rates on its debts. This may well divert millions of tax dollars from serving the city’s residents to enhancing the bottom line of Wall Street’s lenders. The Florida Legislature’s chronic failure to make major reforms in state and […]

Guest AuthorJuly 3, 2014

Central Florida is the state’s seat of hospitality – and perhaps the nation. The tourism industry’s mantra is “heads in beds,” the measure of economic payoff for having all those theme parks, hotels, restaurants and world-class airport facilities in our backyard. And now it’s time for the University of Central Florida to mirror the mantra […]

Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2014

Walt Disney, whose anthropomorphic bent morphed a large, rat-like urban scavenger into beloved Bambi and made us cry, was a piker compared to today’s U.S. Supreme Court. Or at least that five-guy majority bent on turning for-profit corporations into people. Thanks to the Supremes, corporations can donate front-end loaders of cash to political causes with […]

Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2014

Friday will mark the “Fourth of July.” It conjures images of family picnics, backyard bbq’s, beaches, lakes and, of course, fireworks. For too long, many have forgotten the true meaning of this celebration: our independence. Historian Samuel Eliot Morrison wrote, “If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence it would have […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2014

Here are 10 reasons to pry the husband away from the bathroom, the kids away from the World Cup, and read The Declaration of Independence together as a family: It takes three minutes. Tops. That’s a 180-second break from arguing with your daughter about her bikini and how no one really needs to see that […]

Guest AuthorJune 30, 2014

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Steve Kurlander: Americans need to rediscover the Declaration of Independence

Mark O’Brien: Nation’s sad new motto: Yes, we can’t

Rick Outzen: Elections do not have to be mean-spirited

Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos: Amendment 2 is bad medicine, bad policy

J. Robert McClure: Legislature’s failure to reform pensions contributes to Jacksonville’s woes

Rich Sloane: More ‘fans in stands’ can help boost UCF’s brand

Linda Cunningham: Hobby Lobby ruling puts us on a slippery legal slope

Kevin Sweeny: On July 4, we should recall our rights, respect those who protect them

Catherine Durkin Robinson: 10 reasons to read the Declaration of Independence

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