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Guest AuthorJune 11, 2014

As the premier association representing professionally managed senior living communities that care for more than 28,000 Floridians, FLORIDA ALFA is deeply disappointed that the Legislature did not pass comprehensive reform of the assisted living facility industry in Florida. The proposed legislation, championed by Sen. Eleanor Sobel in the Senate and Rep. Larry Ahern in the […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2014

The jury is still out on the Bowe Bergdahl case but the verdict is in. Bergdahl is a traitor. The five Talibani prisoners we swapped for him are the most dangerous people on the planet and we’ll pay the price on the battle field. The Obama administration pulled a fast one by keeping Congress in […]

Bob SparksJune 10, 2014

Each week, state and federal courts in Florida process and adjudicate thousands of lawsuits. Some are frivolous while some have larger implications, or perhaps garner some national attention. With the ongoing tragedy, and that is precisely what it is, involving the U.S. Veterans Administration, expect courtrooms to be busy handling cases of veterans treated badly. […]

Shannon NickinsonJune 10, 2014

I read some pretty subversive stuff in high school under the watchful eyes of teachers. Thank God. Like the one about the little boy who helps an ex-con on the lamb. As a young man he ends up in a tortured love affair with a beautiful, icy young woman who is groomed by her mentor […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2014

Florida’s state-run insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., is due for another investigation. This review is needed following the report “Revolving door of Citizens executives to companies with contracts raises questions” by Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times. The Herald/Times report found that at least three senior executives at Citizens went to work […]

Peter SchorschJune 9, 2014

J. Stanley Marshall, former president of Florida State University (1969-76) and founder of the James Madison Institute, died Sunday at 91. “Ol’ Stan Marshall puts his pants on one leg at time,” the barber said as he trimmed the back of my head, which may have been trembling too much for him to cut in […]

Guest AuthorJune 9, 2014

Frustrated parents often ask their misbehaving children this question, “When are you going to learn your lesson?” It’s the lesson that philosopher George Santayana phrased so eloquently, “People who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Let’s start with General Motors, where apparently no one ever learned the lessons of Watergate, which include […]

Guest AuthorJune 9, 2014

You’ve got to celebrate incremental victories when you’re dealing with the Florida Legislature and its National Rifle Association sycophants. Between state Republicans drunk on their collective brand of toddler “I do it,” and the NRA’s determination to arm Floridians for their jaunts to the big box stores and burger joints, Florida shares with Texas pride […]

Guest AuthorJune 9, 2014

The rosy picture laid out recently about the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s status isn’t quite so rosy once you look at the real facts and consider the financial damage a storm would do to our state, given our reliance on government mechanisms and public debt rather than private capital. The managers of the Cat Fund […]

Martin DyckmanJune 8, 2014

Nothing so clearly shows the difference between theory and practice as the notion that Americans choose their elected representatives. In reality, it’s more often the politicians who do the choosing. Evidence in the congressional gerrymandering — excuse me — redistricting trial at Tallahassee has reaffirmed it. For the politicians to build and feather their own […]

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Gail Matillo: Legislature must pass assisted-living reform in 2015 session

Doug Clifton: Bergdahl case: Another GOP-inflated controversy to discredit Obama

Bob Sparks: Is Florida’s lawsuit against the VA political? Who cares?

Shannon Nickinson: Unassigning Cory Doctorow’s book isn’t doing teens a favor

Dan Krassner: Citizens Property Insurance due for another investigation

Peter Schorsch: On the death of J. Stanley Marshall: Florida has lost a giant

Mark O’Brien: GM, Obama, Blue Angels should heed standard parental warnings

Linda Grist Cunningham: You’ve got to celebrate judge’s ruling on local gun control

Tom Feeney: Florida’s Cat Fund isn’t as rosy when you look at the facts

Martin Dyckman: Redistricting is too important to be left to the politicians