Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2016

Home-sharing company Airbnb announced Thursday that it would start adding “Trips” – bookable, curated experiences – to its platform. “Until now, Airbnb has been about homes,” said CEO Brian Chesky. “Today, Airbnb is launching Trips, bringing together where you stay, what you do, and the people you meet all in one place. We want to […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2016

As Anton Chekhov once said: If it’s not essential, don’t include it in the story. What would the great Russian novelist and playwright make of recent movements in Florida’s seemingly never-neverending Eyeball Wars between ophthalmologists and optometrists? “If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 18, 2016

When the news flashed on Facebook before the election that Queen Elizabeth II had offered to take us back, some people failed to recognize it as one of Andy Borowitz‘s deft satires from the New Yorker. And some, I’m sure, now wish it were true. Afterward, a friend in Britain wrote to offer refuge — […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2016

What the hell do you have to lose? That was, of course, Donald Trump‘s rather crude appeal to black voters in our last national nightmare of a campaign that mercifully concluded 10 days ago. But that line could be one offered to Florida Democrats, in the wake of the movement to get John Morgan to run […]

Florence SnyderNovember 17, 2016

Cellphones are here to stay, and so, it seems, are the staggeringly stupid things we do with them. Facebook fiascos are infinite in variety now that people of limited impulse control have a high-powered computer at their 24/7 command. It’s a problem for people of all ages, and from all walks of life. Not for the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2016

If it were up to Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House Caucus would be voting for their leadership later today, where she would win another term as House minority leader, since there is no opposition to her leadership role. Not yet, anyway. In an ominous note for the 76-year-old representative from San Francisco’s Pacific Heights, dozens of rank-and-file […]

Steve SchaleNovember 16, 2016

Give any Florida strategist with statewide experience the following data points: by 7:15 p.m., the Democratic candidate has a 10-point lead in Hillsborough, a 100K vote lead in Orange, a 200K vote lead in both Dade and Broward early voting, and is ahead in Duval, and everyone would think the same thing: that Democratic candidate is going to win. Certainly, that […]

Guest AuthorNovember 16, 2016

As an American veteran who has served my country for many years and in many roles, I know there is an undisputable connection between energy security and national security. And, I feel strongly that we should be doing everything in our power to reduce our reliance on energy sources from foreign countries – many of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2016

Now that the shock is starting to wear off over Donald Trump’s stunning upset in the presidential election a week ago, the biggest story in national politics is what he intends to do with his enormous power and who will help him do it. That means the selection of cabinet officers, with the most high-profile […]

Peter SchorschNovember 16, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. AN URGENT REQUEST FOR SUNBURN READERS Each morning, at about 3:30 a.m., I wake up to put the finishing touches on the latest edition of Sunburn, the definitive morning read of what’s […]

Emails & Opinions
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Airbnb to add ‘Trips,’ curated local tours, experiences

Chekhov’s Gun in the Eyeball Wars? Optometrists are lobbied up for 2017

Martin Dyckman: Our ‘flawed’ Electoral College, mistrusting the people

Mitch Perry Report for 11.18.16 — John Morgan for the people?

In St. Johns County, an uphill fight to put the genie back in the bottle

Mitch Perry Report for 11.17.16 — Will there be a Democrat ready to challenge Nancy Pelosi?

Steve Schale: Florida 2016 in the rearview mirror

Dennis Freytes: Use seismic surveys and all energy resources to improve lives

Mitch Perry Report for 11.16.16 — Who will be our next Secretary of State?

Sunburn for 11.16.16 – An urgent appeal; Florida’s growth spurt; Mel Sembler, Brian Ballard on inaug cmte.; Rick Scott opens 2018 door; Freshmen lawmakers learn the ropes