Emails & Opinions

Darryl PaulsonNovember 29, 2016

(First of two parts) Over a half-century ago, CBS News and journalist Edward R. Murrow aired a documentary about Florida’s migrant farmworkers called “Harvest of Shame.” Murrow documented the long hours and low wages of the migrant farmers, along with the poor health care, housing and education for the migrant families. A similar documentary could […]

Peter SchorschNovember 29, 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. FLORIDA CRIME RATE DROPS, BUT MURDER RATE RISES IN 2016 Florida’s overall crime rate is dropping, but reports of murders, rapes and car thefts increased during the first half of 2016. The […]

Mitch PerryNovember 29, 2016

The first regularly scheduled flight in more than 50 years flew from Miami to Havana yesterday morning, just in time to begin the formal mourning for Fidel Castro, which leads to the question du jour — What will Donald Trump do with the Cuba-U.S. relations? The President-elect tweeted that “If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American […]

Joe HendersonNovember 28, 2016

Jeb! Bush generally is considered the father of school choice, especially in Florida. As Governor in 1999, Bush pushed through the first statewide school voucher program in the nation. He was the champion of grading individual schools on how well students do on standardized testing. He pushed for what became known as “accountability” for public school […]

Florence SnyderNovember 28, 2016

“We have a spending problem in this state,” says House Speaker Richard Corcoran (R-Land ‘O Lakes), and nobody in their right mind could argue with him. Florida spends more stupid money than a drunken sailor on shore leave. Any state worker can — if they trust you — rattle off a Top Twenty list of […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2016

The number of Americans who think the nation is divided has reached an all-time high according to a new Gallup poll. The poll found 77 percent of Americans see the country as divided, while 21 percent said the country was united. In 2012, the last time Gallup measured perceptions of unity, 69 percent of respondents […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2016

According to a study from Stanford University, American youth aren’t great at telling the difference between real news and fake stories online. The study assessed the ability of 7,804 middle-school, high-school and college students to differentiate between news stories and “sponsored content.” Some of the stories put in front of the teenagers were news, some […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2016

GQ published a touching must-read chronicle of Orlando’s response to the Pulse nightclub massacre that left 49 dead and 53 wounded. “This story is not about what happened that night but, rather, what happened in the days and weeks and months that followed, as a community—a community of unbreakable young men and women—found it within […]

Phil AmmannNovember 28, 2016

Late on the afternoon of Oct. 8, 1966, the Florida State University football team was trailing its archrival, the University of Florida, 19 to 22. With 26 seconds remaining, FSU quarterback Gary Pajcic threw a 45-yard pass to the visitors’ end zone. Lane Fenner, a wide receiver fresh off the bench, had outraced two Florida […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 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. GOOD NEWS FROM THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND Before we get into all of ‘Castro is dead’ stuff, here are three items worth sharing… SHE SAID YES! via the Facebook page of Floridian Partners’ Cory […]

Emails & Opinions

The Shame of Florida: How Florida’s felon vote is ruining lives and costing taxpayers

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.29.16

Mitch Perry Report for 11.29.16 — Will President Trump ‘terminate’ Obama deal with Cuba?

Joe Henderson: Jeb Bush, school choice advocates could not be more pleased with Trump’s pick for education secretary

For Richard Corcoran, a Sisyphean task

Americans thinking nation is divided hits all-time high, new polling shows

Stanford researchers say young Americans have no idea what’s news

Be sure to read GQ’s touching profile on Orlando after Pulse

Martin Dyckman: Hillary Clinton, Democrats must now live with futile victory, anachronism

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.28.16