Emails & Opinions

Martin DyckmanMarch 19, 2017

Some perfectly objective news stories virtually write their own editorials. Here is the top of a recent one from the PBS NewsHour: “A little-noticed bill moving through Congress would allow companies to require employees to undergo genetic testing or risk paying a penalty of thousands of dollars, and would let employers see that genetic and […]

Guest AuthorMarch 17, 2017

As young people transition to adulthood, earning their driver’s license provides a certain level of independence and economic mobility — a vehicle, if you will, to go places in life. Whether heading to school or work, the doctor’s office or the grocery store, having the ability to drive is a necessity most Floridians take for […]

Joe HendersonMarch 17, 2017

I’m not a big fan of the death penalty. I think having condemned inmates spend 20 years or more on death row while their appeals play out thwarts the argument that is a deterrent. Inmate Douglas R. Meeks, for example, has been awaiting execution since March 21, 1975. He is one of 16 inmates who […]

Peter SchorschMarch 17, 2017

Next month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars trans-generational blockbuster. While the setup for the George Lucas classic points to a time and place “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” present day Washington is ripe for comparisons. Democrats in the Florida Delegation have joined their colleagues from other states by […]

Peter SchorschMarch 17, 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 the Associated Press’ Mike Schneider. GOVERNOR REASSIGNS CASE AFTER PROSECUTOR REFUSES DEATH PENALTY The unusual and firm stance against capital punishment by State Attorney Aramis Ayala in Orlando surprised and angered many […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 17, 2017

Universities are touted as bastions of diversity whose prime role is to encourage students to engage in critical thinking, ask tough questions and expose themselves to a diversity of ideas and opinions. If that is the mission of the university, they have dismally failed. Diversity is respected, up to a point, as long as it […]

Peter SchorschMarch 17, 2017

With the Legislative Session in its second week, drama in the City Council and the pension board, as well as a host of other items, there was an embarrassment of riches — a veritable bouillabaisse of news — in Northeast Florida politics. — Stand Your Ground fix clears Senate Sen. Rob Bradley of Fleming Island […]

Florence SnyderMarch 16, 2017

Jeff Klinkenberg is not the kind of guy who does “luncheons,” but there he was at the Governors Club Tuesday, entertaining Friends of the First Amendment — some real, some fake — at the First Amendment Foundation’s annual fundraiser. He looked a lot more comfortable later that day at Sally Bradshaw’s bookstore, telling true tales […]

Guest AuthorMarch 16, 2017

President Trump has endorsed a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. His plan, called the American Health Care Act, is described as the first of three immediate steps occurring to end this nightmare. Remember, Obamacare was implemented over several bills, with tons of executive overreach. Administrative corrections and legislation clearing the 60-vote Senate threshold must […]

Joe HendersonMarch 16, 2017

It is not unusual when a Major League Baseball team signs a Cuban defector. There is a lengthy list of players who fled that island nation so they could barter their skills for the considerable cash that comes with playing in the United States. Usually, those stories have been treated as valiant escapes from a […]

Emails & Opinions

Martin Dyckman: Genetic testing bill gives bosses power they shouldn’t have

Jennifer Sullivan, Aaron Bean: Foster care program for teen drivers deserves support

Joe Henderson: Aramis Ayala should follow law in death penalty case, not try to make it

The Delegation – Insights from the Beltway to the Sunshine State – 3.17.17

Sunburn for 3.17.17 – Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Darryl Paulson: Do universities discriminate in hiring?

Jacksonville Bold for 3.17.17 — Bouillabaisse

Spotted at the Governors Club: The last troubadour of Real Florida

Matt Gaetz: Keep working to repeal and replace Obamacare

Joe Henderson: Miami trial shines light on smuggling Cuban baseball players to U.S.