Emails & Opinions

Blake DowlingMarch 25, 2017

I was meeting with the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce’s Communications Committee; there was some brainstorming about session ideas for the upcoming Chamber Conference. There were some thoughts thrown out, and quite a few comments were made. Then someone said, “how about automation and artificial intelligence.” Suddenly, a surge of ideas and thoughts hit the room […]

Peter SchorschMarch 24, 2017

(This post has been updated, below.) What’s wrong with this picture? Carlos Beruff, chair of the Constitution Revision Commission, the panel that will undertake rewrites of the state’s governing document, says the first hearings for public input will be next Wednesday in Orange County, April 6 in Miami-Dade County, and April 7 in Palm Beach County. Did you catch […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 24, 2017

In the previous three pieces, I have written about how university hiring policies have led to the virtual exclusion of conservatives on college faculties. We have seen how universities have wrapped students in a protective cocoon to prevent them from hearing speech that might be offensive with the use of speech codes, safe spaces, and […]

Joe HendersonMarch 24, 2017

Anyone facing a dreaded disease themselves or watching a loved one go through it knows the frustration of seeking treatment. They want to know the system is on their side, but often it seems rigged against them. I think it’s safe to conclude U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who represents Florida’s 12th District, is on their side. […]

Peter SchorschMarch 24, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Jim Rosica, and Scott Powers. IF ARAMIS AYALA HAD BEEN IN DENVER, PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE SHRUGGED In January, new Denver District Attorney Beth McCann reaffirmed her campaign promise on an extraordinary policy: There would be […]

Florence SnyderMarch 23, 2017

In a few weeks or months, we will learn the name of the Volusia County woman who, in 1997, had the bad fortune to encounter one Robert Sheridan Haar. Relying upon DNA evidence, police say Haar, 22 at the time, and two of his yet-unidentified predator pals abducted and gang raped her near Mud Lake […]

Peter SchorschMarch 23, 2017

Florida’s solar industry has embraced a comfortable narrative – they are the small-business “little guys” facing giant corporations, which care little about consumers and renewable energy. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. And it reveals a dark side to sunny solar. For example, The Daily Caller is reporting on an investigation by […]

Peter SchorschMarch 23, 2017

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) is undergoing CPR in the House of Representatives. Several “doctors” are treating this patient and according to some on the inside, the prognosis is not good. Florida Democrats and the rest of their colleagues around the country considered this legislation dead the day it was born. While the passage […]

Joe HendersonMarch 23, 2017

It’s not surprising that the so-called “whiskey and Wheaties” bill that cleared a Florida House committee Wednesday did so by a bare 15-13 margin. Any measure that makes it easier to buy booze will mobilize people on both sides. This bill is basically equivalent to one in the Senate, which would knock down the legislative wall […]

Peter SchorschMarch 23, 2017

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. THERE ARE NO SWEET SPOTS THIS SESSION It’s that time: Heading toward the end of the Legislative Session’s third week, the Capitol cognoscenti like to handicap which bills are going to be part of […]

Emails & Opinions

Blake Dowling: Legal artificial intelligence

Carlos Beruff already playing calendar games with Constitution Revision Commission

Darryl Paulson: Do universities discriminate? Promoting ideological diversity, free speech in U.S. universities

Joe Henderson: Gus Bilirakis keeps up fight to get medical drugs to market faster, easier

Sunburn for 3.24.17 – Death penalty politics; Red-lighting RLCs; Mickey’s taxes; Bob Cortes says ‘no’

Rape kits delayed is justice denied, Part 3

Questionable practices, fraud, hidden costs: The dark side of Florida’s solar industry

The Delegation – Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State – 3.23.17

Joe Henderson: Time for wall between whiskey & Wheaties to crumble

Sunburn for 3.23.17 – Pepi’s sweet spot; Cruz’ talking points; whiskey & Wheaties coming together; Semblers spotted; Congrats Matt Hunter!