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Adam WeinsteinJuly 9, 2014

Perhaps we’re so jaded today that we just assume all politicians are brazen opportunists. But Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign turned the opportunism up to 11 this week, all for a cheap “tough on crime” photo shoot. At a re-election campaign appearance in Tampa Monday, Scott burnished his law enforcement record, complete with a cadre of […]

Guest AuthorJuly 9, 2014

One of our phone conversations before the aneurysm burst and John died barely past his 50th birthday went like this: Me: Well, we always said we’d know we were old when “Chorus Line” returned as a Broadway revival. John: Yeah, the previews are great. Want me to book three tickets for October? You, Ed and […]

Guest AuthorJuly 8, 2014

Forget James Carville’s bloviation that “it’s the economy, stupid.” At best, his advice may apply short-term to winning elections. But if you think, as every American should, about what affects the long-term direction of the country, it’s really the U.S. Senate and the judges, stupid — especially those on the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans have […]

Shannon NickinsonJuly 8, 2014

I hope all of these miles pay off. Local businessmen and educators went to Mobile, Ala. to tour aerospace and aviation facilities there to see what they do there that we ought to do here in Florida’s Panhandle. They visited business sites and a career academy that aims to be the hub of a school-to-jobs […]

Guest AuthorJuly 8, 2014

There is a passage in the Federalist Papers that aptly describes the current situation in our country. “A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives.” Yet, we push aside knowledge-based discourse in favor of partisan bickering. Whether it is the battles over Common Core standards […]

Marc YachtJuly 8, 2014

I’m still on the tennis courts two to three hours almost every morning, take 5 to 10 mile hikes periodically, and scoot around in my Beemer convertible wearing yellow sunglasses with my grey hair flying in the wind. I’ve had my share of surgeries, including bowel, knee, back, skin cancers, prostate, and most recently cataract […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 7, 2014

Florida Democratic Party leaders say it’s very hard to recruit candidates for local legislative races. They said it in a press conference during their recent “Leadership Blue Gala” fundraiser and statewide membership meeting. I was working in New York City on non-Florida, non-political stuff when I took a break and saw that item on SaintPetersBlog’s […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 7, 2014

No matter that the U.S. Supreme Court had ordered it, the state Supreme Court wasn’t going to let a black man attend the University of Florida law school. Writing in 1955, Justice W. Glenn Terrell claimed that Florida’s defiance in support of segregation fulfilled divine intent. “When God created man,” Terrell said, “he allotted each […]

Bob SparksJuly 7, 2014

One week has now passed since the United States Supreme Court decided the case officially known as Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (Hobby Lobby). A long explanation is unnecessary because if any reader is unfamiliar with this case, that reader will look no further anyway. The court created quite a dust-up. Most of the […]

Guest AuthorJuly 7, 2014

Like every year, many patriotic editorials and articles were written July 4 holiday about the significance of the Declaration of Independence, the tremendous impact it’s had on Western civilization, and the bravery of those patriots who told the British to kiss our New World asses. And like every other year, many centered their analysis on […]

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Adam Weinstein: Scott owes an apology to the cops his campaign duped

Linda Cunningham: Two Key West men challenging state’s gay-marriage ban

Stephen Goldstein: Blame Democrats for the Hobby Lobby decision

Shannon Nickinson: Panhandle leaders need to encourage existing businesses

Ed Moore: We need immigration reform because we need skilled workers

Marc Yacht: Thwarting old age by keeping the BMW’s top down

Daniel Tilson: New way forward for Florida Democrats

Martin Dyckman: Has the Court created a religious-freedom ‘slippery slope’?

Bob Sparks: Rhetoric aside, Hobby Lobby workers still get contraception coverage

Steve Kurlander: Americans need to rediscover the Declaration of Independence