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Guest AuthorMay 6, 2014

The moral issues surrounding death-penalty methodology that were portrayed so well in Stephen King’s “The Green Mile” were revisited by Americans last week after Oklahoma authorities miserably failed to execute a killer by injection. In what was termed a “botched” procedure, Clayton Lockett was pumped full of “experimental” drugs, a concoction of sedatives that failed […]

Guest AuthorMay 6, 2014

Our country’s Atlantic Coast, including parts of Florida’s Atlantic coast, might have billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas available to lead America toward energy independence from unstable countries. However, without clearance from Washington D.C., decades-old information about these potential resources can’t be updated. That’s why 3D seismic surveying […]

Guest AuthorMay 5, 2014

Ronald Reagan often pointed out that the best politics are good policy. With congressional elections less than seven months away, and a presidential vote looming just behind, it’s time for Republicans to settle on just what good policy is. So here’s a thought experiment: If you could wave a magic wand and produce policy changes […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2014

Here are two simple questions. The right answers will save the state of Florida; the wrong answers — I don’t want to think of them or their disastrous consequences. As things stand, which way things will go is a toss-up, which should give people who see beyond their noses heartburn. First, are Floridians, especially voters, […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2014

There are 2,700 pages of the Affordable Care Act that can be condensed into one word:   Obamacare. To insure the uninsured, we first make some of the insured uninsured and then make them pay more to be insured again. In some cases, people have had to buy a policy they can’t afford despite the subsidies […]

Guest AuthorMay 3, 2014

If an agency is under fire for failing to live up to its statutory responsibility, it can respond in one of two ways. It can take immediate steps to fix the problem and swing the doors wide to public oversight to make sure it won’t happen again. Or it can do what the Florida Department […]

Guest AuthorMay 1, 2014

Heisman trophy winner Jameis Winston is in the news again — starring in the clichéd role of troubled star athlete. Winston was caught on camera this week walking out of a Tallahassee Publix supermarket with $32.72 worth of crab legs and crawfish he now admits he shoplifted. He must send a Thank You note to […]

Guest AuthorMay 1, 2014

In the 1983 movie, “War Games,” a young Matthew Broderick tries to hack into computer game development sites and accidently uses his dial-up modem to enter the Department of Defense mainframe. There he gets the computer charged with activating Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, to start playing a simulation game of “global thermonuclear war.” As […]

Guest AuthorApril 30, 2014

The fact that Context Florida columnist Julie Delegal doesn’t think anyone should take on Florida’s education reforms if they want to win an election is great news for Florida’s children. This means that Floridians are no longer buying the myths Ms. Delegal and her friends of the status quo continue to perpetuate about Florida’s suite […]

Guest AuthorApril 30, 2014

The definition of a common carrier is a person or company that transports goods or passengers on regular routes at set rates. Last year the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a tough time with labeling Internet service providers (ISPs) as common carriers, despite the fact that they provide transportation of data at a set rate. […]

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Steve Kurlander: Crime and true punishment: A botched execution or real justice?

Nicolas Gutierrez: We should know what energy resources are available to Florida

James Glassman: Republicans must say ‘grow’ instead of ‘no’ to win midterms

Stephen Goldstein: Who’s dumber–Floridians or Rick Scott and the Legislature?

John Grant: Obamacare is ineffective and needs to be repealed

Doug Clifton: DCF makes it harder to check up on its performance

Andrew Skerritt: It appears that Winston has not learned from recent events

Gary Stein: The new Cold War — Florida style

Kate Wallace: School choice threatens certain adults, not children and their academic achievement

Jon Tietz: How municipalities can end the net neutrality debate