Emails & Opinions

Peter SchorschJune 29, 2016

Carlos Beruff is a successful man. He has made tens of millions of dollars building homes in Florida in boom times and lean times. He has been a dedicated community leader, serving on one high-profile board after another. A few weeks ago, Beruff — suddenly everywhere as his campaign has spent at least $4 million on television ads and he […]

Tom JacksonJune 28, 2016

And so, once more — perhaps for the last time — into the Benghazi breach. The House Select Committee on Benghazi released its findings on the debacle Tuesday, and it is sobering. Add the blistering sidebar by GOP Congressmen Mike Pompeo (Kansas) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) and you have the completest possible portrait of what […]

Mitch PerryJune 28, 2016

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday unanimously overturned former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s conviction on corruption charges. In case you’ve forgotten, McDonnell and his wife Maureen accepted more than $175,000 in nice gifts, such as $6,000 Rolex watches and $20,000 in designer clothing from a dude named Jonnie Williams, who was swarming around the couple in […]

Peter SchorschJune 28, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry, Ryan Ray and Jim Rosica. DIVIDED WE STAND The partisan divide looks more like a gulf than a gully. For the first time since 1992, the majority of Democrats and Republicans have a very unfavorable […]

Florence SnyderJune 27, 2016

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is not the worst offender in Florida’s never-ending War on Open Government. It just gets caught in the act more often than fellow offenders at the state, county and municipal levels. That’s because DCF is one of the few agencies left which ever has to contend with watchdog journalism. DCF chieftains, […]

Guest AuthorJune 27, 2016

Why did Justice Stephen Breyer, not the longer-serving Justice Anthony Kennedy, write the “Whole Woman’s Health” opinion, which threw out Texas’ undue burdens on abortion access? The Supreme Court follows a seniority-based rule for assigning writing duties for its opinions. In a case where the Court is divided, the most senior justice holding the majority […]

Blake DowlingJune 27, 2016

I visited Russia for the first time this summer. Growing up a Cold War kid, the prospect of visiting the Motherland was a little freaky — and the constant visibility of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea had me sleeping with one eye open. Once I overcame these minor fears, the country was truly […]

Mitch PerryJune 27, 2016

First of all, our condolences go out this morning to the family and friends of Tampa’s Stacy Frank, who died over the weekend from lung cancer at the age of 61. Well, we’re less than a month away from both political conventions taking place. Traditionally, the biggest news there (or in the days before) is […]

Martin DyckmanJune 26, 2016

Donald Trump has audacious proposals to wall off Mexico and bar Muslim immigrants, but he hasn’t said how he would stop people from sneaking around the barriers or overstaying visas. How might he manage that? Let’s surmise one way. He could be planning to implant every lawful resident with an identification chip like those the […]

Peter SchorschJune 25, 2016

As of noon Friday, the qualifying period for races for the state House, Senate, and Northeast Florida districts for the U.S. House of Representatives ended. With that, we will see some with momentum for August primaries, several who managed to run unopposed, and others who will wonder where it all went wrong. As a result, […]

Emails & Opinions
Anna Maria Island home after Hurricane Milton.

The latest polling strongly suggests Carlos Beruff should drop out of U.S. Senate race

Tom Jackson: No moving on from Benghazi horror show

Mitch Perry Report for 6.28.16 — SCOTUS ruling on McDonnell case must delight compromised politicos across the land

Sunburn for 6.28.16 — Divided we stand

Florence Snyder: At Florida Department of Children & Families, the sun don’t shine

Michele Grant: Why did Stephen Breyer, not Anthony Kennedy, write the opinion in the Texas abortion ruling?

Blake Dowling: из России с любовью (From Russia with love)

Mitch Perry Report for 6.27.16 — The auditioning begins to be Hillary’s VP pick

Martin Dyckman: With ‘colossal liar’ Donald Trump, nightmares could become reality

Jacksonville Bold for 6.25.16 — Many will enter, few will win