Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschAugust 12, 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. IF YOU’RE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, GO OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW AND LOOK UP! We launched Sunburn an hour earlier than usual, hoping this message will arrive in time for […]

Scott PowersAugust 12, 2016

Donald Trump’s war on the media is getting out of hand — and it’s time the media started fighting back. I’m sure Trump and his supporters would argue that the media already is fighting, and even started the whole thing. He doesn’t like the things reported about him. Every chance he gets he complains that […]

Guest AuthorAugust 12, 2016

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In the age where cannabis is finally being re-recognized as treatment for a vast plethora of human ailments and regaining the stature it had for centuries before it was degraded by lies, bigotry and greed, it’s time that the media grow up, and start by using the appropriate nomenclature for the plant that has been […]

Peter SchorschAugust 11, 2016

The notorious Mosley Motel is one step closer to being shut down. That’s the good news in the latest article in the Tampa Bay Times about the 34th Street slum: “Altis Cardinal Storage acquired the property, which had been in foreclosure, on July 20. Eviction papers were served to the Mosley’s old ownership group on Thursday. On […]

Peter SchorschAugust 11, 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. KATIE LEDECKY WINS THIRD GOLD WITH DOMINATING RELAY SWIM via Paul Newberry of the Associated Press – Ledecky was the fastest swimmer in the pool, and she brought her American teammates along for […]

Diane RobertsAugust 11, 2016

The streets of Miami and Fort Lauderdale flood on a distressingly regular basis; the drinking water in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties is getting salty; mosquitoes infect you with Zika; toxic algae in our rivers, lakes and seas will give you a hideous rash, attack your nervous system, and impair your liver. Nature has […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

Before we dig into the new poll on the Florida Senate race, can I reference the lead story in this morning’s Tampa Bay Times? Two men get into a road-rage argument on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Plant City. One guy pulls out a gun and shoots the other dead. He then “cooperates” with the Hillsborough […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2016

Emotion drenched the first meeting last week in Marianna of the state task force charged with deciding how Florida memorializes dead boys who possibly endured unspeakable depravity at the shuttered state-run Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. For two years, University of South Florida researchers scoured the nearly 1,400-acre grounds. Their sleuthing unearthed 51 sets […]

Blake DowlingAugust 11, 2016

Social engineering refers to manipulating individuals into divulging confidential information as part of an elaborate con. In some cases, it can be the first step in digital fraud. Last week, I received a call from “Verizon,” asking me for the password of our account. I asked the chap what his name was; he said “John.” I informed […]

Tom JacksonAugust 10, 2016

By all that is reasonable in the world of campaign politics, thoughtful people ought to be wrangling over Donald Trump’s economic plan, announced Monday in Detroit. It does, after all, present the possibility of an ambitious return to supply-side policies; encouraging private businesses both large and small with lowered taxes and a regulatory freeze. This […]

Emails & Opinions
Jogger runs by Tampa Bay on Oct. 9 ahead of Milton. Image via AP.

Sunburn for 8.12.16 — Meteors, Star Wars, Olympic, and, oh yeah, politics

Donald Trump and surrogates inciting mobs against the press

Gary Stein: Time for Northwest Florida Daily News to respect medical marijuana

The most troubling aspect about the latest story about the notorious Mosley Motel

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 8.11.16

Diane Roberts: Nature at war with Florida — thanks, Rick Scott!

Mitch Perry Report for 8.11.16 — Marco Rubio isn’t dominating Patrick Murphy or Alan Grayson in latest Q Senate poll

Darryl E. Owens: Proposals for offsite reform school memorial insults memory of dead Dozier boys

Blake Dowling: The latest in social engineering and digital fraud — hacking a person

Tom Jackson: Donald Trump consumed by fire he kindled