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Guest AuthorNovember 8, 2015

It’s Veterans Day on Wednesday and I’m even more excited than usual. In researching this column, I learned that as a Vietnam veteran I may be eligible to collect VA disability benefits because I have diabetes – even though I’m sure my tedious year at Phu Cat Air Force Base has nothing to do with […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 8, 2015

Way back in 1984, the late, great Chicago newspaperman Mike Royko wrote a column in which he urged readers to lie to pollsters. “Be polite. Talk to them,” Royko coached. “But lie. Don’t give them an honest answer.” Royko wrote that pollsters would collect the results and “feed them into a computer, which will chew […]

Julie DelegalNovember 8, 2015

Kevin Gay is president and founder of a groundbreaking organization that puts nonviolent ex-offenders back into the workforce. His nonprofit mission, Operation New Hope, started with a question: “When are guys like you going to get it?” The question came from his Episcopal priest, Davette Turk, who wanted him to see that serving others didn’t […]

Phil AmmannNovember 8, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Florida need to test all rape kits Florida has failed thousands of sexual assault victims by allowing rape kits to go untested throughout the state. Officials have long known they have a serious problem, but they grossly underestimated its scope. Florida Department […]

Associated PressNovember 7, 2015

Donald Trump‘s unorthodox campaign for president will take another unusual step this weekend when he takes a break from typical campaigning to host “Saturday Night Live.” The appearance will put the billionaire businessman and reality TV star in rare company: Only eight politicians previously have hosted “Saturday Night Live” in its entire 40-year-old history. And […]

Bob SparksNovember 7, 2015

Political opinion polls can be useful, but they can also be dangerous in a figurative sense. Those thinking the election is over because a poll says so can be in for the shock of their lives. Polls can get it wrong in a big way. We have some recent examples. Going into Tuesday night’s statewide […]

Guest AuthorNovember 6, 2015

Talk about having a flighty state of emotions. When I first read Florida Board of Governors’ (FLBOG) member Alan Levine’s op-ed published in the Tallahassee Democrat, I went from “Hmm” to “Ugh” to “Hell nah!” Everyone likely believes that the battle for Middle Earth – err, FAMU (geek moment!) has been won. Those who attempted […]

Julie DelegalNovember 6, 2015

Some whites’ approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is “awarded” national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

Nobody seems to be more upset about how the whole debate process for the Republican presidential candidates than Republicans. This, even after the RNC made such a big deal about how they were going to take control of the process this time around, after feeling they were hijacked by liberal moderators such as John King […]

Julie DelegalNovember 5, 2015

Some whites’ approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement presumes a zero-sum game: If one group is “awarded” national attention on any issue, the reasoning goes, then other groups by contrast, necessarily must lose something. But #BlackLivesMatter doesn’t mean that only black lives matter. It means, rather, that we can no longer pretend that institutions in our […]

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Tom O’Hara: Don’t thank me for my service, just send my disability check

Jac VerSteeg: Poll accuracy might be worse than you thought

Julie Delegal: One man’s mission demonstrates the power of a job

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers

Donald Trump’s unorthodox campaign takes new twist on ‘SNL’

Bob Sparks: Polls have recently missed the mark; how about the GOP presidential field?

Chris Timmons: Just who is FAMU’s biggest critic?

Julie Delegal: Being black matters, researcher says

Mitch Perry Report for 11.6.15 – Chris Christie stuck in happy hour debate

Julie Delegal: Being black matters, researcher says