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Guest AuthorDecember 19, 2013

Here are four stories that have stuck with me at the end of 2013. I write but a few words on each, yet each lingers in my mind as really being so much more than the words in our daily news. They reflect upon who we are as a society and what we wish to […]

Guest AuthorDecember 19, 2013

Up there in a mansion on ole’ Adams Street Lives such a Grinch Governor you ever did meet. He flies through the air on his own private jet Fundraising with every special interest he met. A billion he cut straight from our poor schools Celebrating grinchily with Tea Party fools. Meanwhile our students struggle […]

Guest AuthorDecember 18, 2013

Christmas is a time for merriment, but thin-skinned atheists and secularists are making a mockery of what many hold sacred. Just visit the state Capitol rotunda, which has been designated an open forum, and you’ll see this year’s version of the war against Christmas. By the way, the demonstration looks more like a spitting contest […]

Guest AuthorDecember 18, 2013

Home videos validate that I was fiercely camera shy. When my mother would come with the shoebox-sized camcorder on her shoulder, I’d duck away while my sister posed. I felt that cameras ruined the moment by forcing people to become self-conscious, in the way that means having to think about how you’re being. To me […]

Guest AuthorDecember 18, 2013

As Linus said: “Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. Lights, please: ‘And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you this day is born in the City of Bethlehem, a […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2013

Invariably around the holidays, we all become wrapped up in the joy of the season. Beginning Thanksgiving Day, the spirit of family, the spirit of joy, the spirit of giving become the primary expressions of our gratitude for the abundance of the past year in this the richest country in the world. It’s also a […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2013

“Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Being the father of a 15-year-old, married for 22 years, and a person who passionately hates to attend funerals because they are so morbid, my first reaction to seeing President Obama’s now infamous […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2013

In my professional role, I get to represent 31 private colleges and universities in Florida and also serve as national chairman this year of an organization that represents close to 1,000 private colleges and universities across the country. I am immersed in higher education policy, focused on what is going on in both Tallahassee and […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2013

After looking closely at how student-athletes move from one school to another, the Florida High School Athletic Association has proposed a significant policy broadening student-athlete eligibility. It will be better for the student-athletes, better for the parents and — most important of all — better for the cause of sportsmanship and fair play. Over the […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2013

OK, deep breath, everyone. One more. Maybe coax a half-hearted smile? There, we’re feeling better. Now, we can perhaps refrain from obsessing about that Fox News-Bill O’Reilly-Jesse Watters silliness that ended up on the front page of The (Key West) Citizen last week. What did we expect from Watters’ World? Surely, we weren’t expecting Jesse […]

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Ed Moore: Four stories for end-of-year reflections

Darren Soto: The Governor who stole Christmas

Andrew Skerritt: Atheists’ displays take the ‘merry’ out of Christmas

Karen Cyphers: My smart-phone camera broke – and I’m relieved

Mark Routhier: Linus always reminds me what Christmas is about

Stacy Gromatski: Too many LGBT youths among nation’s homeless

Steve Kurlander: I found the Obama ‘selfie’ refreshing, beneficial

Ed Moore: Kudos to today’s college graduates for their determination

Roger Dearing: Easing ‘follow-the-coach’ rules would help kids, schools

Linda Cunningham: Fox News makes fun of Key West; islanders not laughing