Martin Dyckman, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Martin DyckmanSeptember 16, 2013

The 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks passed last week, yet some potentially devastating answers remain concealed from the American people. To what extent was the government of Saudi Arabia involved, directly or indirectly, in the murders of nearly 3,000 Americans? Did it subsidize al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States under an extortionate deal with […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 9, 2013

Florida has managed without a lieutenant governor for fully half a year since Gov. Rick Scott demanded Jennifer Carroll’s resignation. Nobody seems to care, apart from the media and those individuals who, against all reason, covet the job. Others may conclude that the office might as well be abolished. But that would be wrong. There […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 27, 2013

There exists somewhere, I strongly suspect, a school that trains politicians in the art of unctuous hypocrisy. Like a black hole in space, it can’t be seen. But its presence can be deduced from its unmistakable effects. The latest such manifestation is the Republican National Committee’s decision to blacklist CNN and NBC from broadcasting presidential […]