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Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2014

The Florida Education Association is highly litigious, politically active and flush with resources from membership dues and fees. It often gets its way, but not without collateral damage. In its fight with the Legislature for more school funding, the union is determined to destroy a privately funded scholarship program giving 68,000 of Florida’s poorest students the opportunity to […]

Diane RobertsOctober 5, 2014

A College Republican Speaks: So, OK, chicks. I mean, girls, um, WOMEN. That’s it. Women. They don’t vote for us. We need to make them vote for us. So we’re targeting some campaign spots, spots focusing on the sh–, the stuff, girls like. I mean, women. Like this genius wedding dress ad for the Florida […]

Julie DelegalOctober 5, 2014

Duval County School board member Jason Fischer is a nice young man. But in politics, I’ve learned, it’s the nice young men you have to watch. His most recent actions reveal that he’s a foot soldier in the war to destroy public education. And his bread may be getting buttered by lieutenants in the Jeb-Bush-brand, […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2014

The state’s Department of Children and Families Northeast Region, which was responsible for the safety of the six children massacred by their grandfather in the rural town of Bell, drastically needs new leadership. That’s obvious reading recent reports in the Miami Herald about the 18 complaints investigators received about Don Spirit, his troubled daughter and […]

Guest AuthorOctober 5, 2014

The Institute of Medicine’s recent report “Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life” has rekindled an important conversation about what’s covered in the Medicare program’s benefits package. Each year, more than 80 percent of Americans who die are insured by Medicare. But many are not happy with the […]

Guest AuthorOctober 3, 2014

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Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Although some critics have cited Atlantic City in opposing limited additional gaming options, the Florida Legislature has studied the gaming issue quite deliberately and pointed out major differences between Atlantic City and anything that is being considered in Florida. At no point has the Legislature even discussed anything more than perhaps one or two integrated […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Notionally, the Charlie Crist campaign for governor is ramping up its efforts to motivate Florida black voters to get to the polls on November 4. But actually the Crist campaign merely expects black voters to slavishly support him without a compensating policy effort. This should not be surprising. It is the party of Jackson’s approach […]

Bruce RitchieOctober 2, 2014

California became the first state in the nation this week to ban disposable single-use plastic shopping bags. The ban is needed, supporters said, to reduce litter and protect birds and sea life from becoming entangled in bags. The ban also prevents bags from clogging storm drains or winding up in landfills. That new law prompted […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Unfortunately, it’s a true story. Last week I was flying from D.C.’s Reagan National Airport to West Palm Beach on US Airways flight 1935, scheduled to depart at 3.15 p.m., changing planes in Philadelphia. Arrival in Palm Beach 8 p.m. I had high hopes for this journey since US Airways had just merged with American Airlines and […]

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William Patrick: Coalition forms to help protect scholarship program for poor

Diane Roberts: Like, what’s all the fuss, like, over this Scott ad about chicks?

Julie Delegal: Board member opposes lawsuit to stop voucher program, denies conflict

Andrew Skerritt: Mass murder exposes dysfunction in DCF regional office

Donald H. Taylor, Jr.: We need to listen to dying people about the care they want

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Tom Feeney: Florida will get gaming right — and be better for it

Chris Timmons: Will the Crist campaign start taking Florida black voters seriously?

Bruce Ritchie: Florida won’t follow California on bag ban because of 2008 law requiring study

Rachel Patron: A special Yom Kippur prayer for the pilot and crew who flew us home to West Palm Beach