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Guest AuthorJanuary 8, 2014

To be a teacher is to shove all housekeeping tasks to those tight windows of time when the grading goes away. All semester long, dirty laundry piles up. The lawn grows unchecked. And then, just after my semester ends in December, or May, or August, I schedule long-overdue oil changes and haircuts and dental appointments. […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2014

What would Pope Francis think? He’s probably not up to speed on the details of the lawsuit brought by the Little Sisters of the Poor against the federal government. The Sisters say they should be exempt from providing contraceptive coverage to their employees who work at the Sisters’ home for the aged in Colorado. The […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 7, 2014

In this election year, “progressives” have announced that they’re going to make a big issue of income inequality. President Obama has said so, and New York City’s new mayor, the ultraliberal Bill de Blasio, has announced that addressing income inequality will be his administration’s top priority. However, a quick survey of the real world suggests […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

Guns. We are awash in them and words about them. Some of the latest came from Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal, which ruled that the University of North Florida could not ban students from keeping guns in their on-campus cars. The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by Florida Carry, a gun […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

I’ve been instructed by my editor that referring to Florida as the “Sunshine State” is a cliché — a goofy term that is out of place in columns about momentous political happenings. Likely so. But here’s a case where the term is fitting: Florida, the state named for its sunshine, has more tanning beds than […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2014

Three articles recently struck me as needing more conversations so I am taking keyboard in hand and opining. The first was by Scott Maxwell of the Orlando Sentinel. He shared details about himself, giving readers a glimpse into his life and thus his thought processes. He presented his view of our state capital. “Just look […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 5, 2014

As the political winds are turning to presidential politics in 2016, now is the time for Republicans to start thinking about their ticket. I know it’s early, but the top of the Democratic ticket has already been pretty much decided by the mainstream media. It’s Hillary and whoever she wants as her veep. For the […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 2014

The newest university in the state, Florida Polytechnic, is under construction in Polk County, with several hundred new students already lined up for classes scheduled to begin later this year. It is projected to be a showpiece for science and technology education and research, perhaps the kernel of new Silicon Valley-like corridor along I-4. So […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came home Tuesday night to New York City to ceremonially push the button to drop the crystalline orb and lead more than a million revelers in Times Square in celebrating the New Year. It was her second defining moment of the day and the beginning of 2014. Soon before […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 2014

I have had the privilege to twice witness presentations by Sir Ken Robinson. If you are not familiar with his work, Robinson is famous for research related to creativity development and educational reform, and he has the most-viewed TED Talk (a popular website featuring interesting and inspiring video presentations). He is smart, funny, and his […]

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Tom O’Hara: What would Pope Francis think about challenging Obamacare?

Robert F. Sanchez: Solving “income inequality” is very complicated

Doug Clifton: With all the slaughter, how does gun lobby continue to win?

Karen Cyphers: Dangerous tanning beds popular in Sunshine State

Ed Moore: Let’s have more college presidents going into government

Barney Bishop: Jeb Bush is best presidential candidate for GOP in 2016

Cary McMullen: GOP paradox: promote science classes, reject evolution

Steve Kurlander: Sotomayor drops ball in NYC, but not in ACA ruling

Tom Cavanagh: Any work that benefits humanity has value