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Guest AuthorMay 18, 2014

Ralph Waldo Emerson was contemptuous of “foolish consistency,” calling it “the hobgoblin of little minds.” Oh Waldo, if you could see us now! By his eloquent standard, worse than consistent fools, Americans have devolved into intellectual Lilliputians. It wasn’t ever thus. Some of our greatest presidents have been “wisely inconsistent,” sanely changing their minds in […]

Guest AuthorMay 18, 2014

Recently the resignation of former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich stirred quite a controversy and rightfully so. That the left’s intolerance prompted the Mozilla board to force Eich from his job is an abomination and contrary to the freedom of expression America stands for. In case you missed it, Brendan Eich is an American technologist and […]

Daniel TilsonMay 17, 2014

The adage that “You get what you pay for” sure does hold true in Florida’s political and public policy circles. Progress Florida Executive Director Mark Ferullo wrote a great piece for Context Florida this week, laying out how we pay…for what we are unwilling to pay for. Let me explain. Ferullo detailed some of this […]

Mark FerruloMay 15, 2014

Looking for secrecy, lack of accountability, and corporate cronyism? Look no further than the Florida Legislature. The recently concluded 2014 Florida legislative session was a masterful showcase for the cornucopia of taxpayer handouts and political favors powerful corporate interests receive when they graciously open their wallets. Gov. Rick Scott and his allies that control the […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2014

There are no fancy brochures for this nursing home, no limousines to ferry the residents to malls and concerts, no menus offering an array of choices. It’s not a bad nursing home. It’s old but it’s clean, and the halls are full of staffers who mostly seem cheerful and helpful and attentive even though the […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2014

What do Preparation H and Florida’s U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio have in common? Nothing! But if he thought he could turn curing hemorrhoids to his political advantage, he’d claim to have come up with a plan faster than you could say, “Cuba sí, Castro no!” Laughably uninformed, he’s nonetheless convinced himself and (what’s left of) […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2014

On May 7, four Key West city commissioners outnumbered the other three and made one of those decisions that rankles days later, can’t be explained in anything other than snarky political sarcasm and will likely haunt the city for years to come. They brought back twice-a-week garbage pickup. Oh, I know, you’re sitting there thinking […]

Guest AuthorMay 14, 2014

A recent opinion column got me to thinking about how shallow our critiques are when we focus on those who are thought of as potential leaders of our country. We have become so immersed in personal attacks and derogatory politics that we cease to focus on the content of the policies espoused by potential office […]

Shannon NickinsonMay 14, 2014

Joe Sims believes in paying it forward. So does Nicole Brown. And why wouldn’t they? They are flesh and blood proof of what it can get you. Joe is a social worker in Crestview who works for the United Methodist Children’s Home, a group home for children who are in the state foster care system. […]

Guest AuthorMay 14, 2014

Nothing like the juxtaposition of the split-rail fences of the Manassas battlefields and the sprawl of suburban D.C. to remind one that Americans are willing to kill each other to make a point. A family wedding took me away from Key West recently. I flew to Washington, D.C. and then drove a rental car through […]

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East Coast Greenway rider in Titusville, by Doug Alderson, OGT. (Florida Department of Environmental Protection)

Stephen Goldstein: Charlie Crist on Cuba: Facing facts, not flip-flopping

John Grant: Some liberals have no tolerance for conservative positions

Daniel Tilson: Florida’s “Good Old Boy” government has to go

Mark Ferrulo: In Florida, the best legislature money can buy

Mark O’Brien: There’s a nursing home in your future

Stephen L. Goldstein: Marco Rubio has a cure for hemorrhoids and all of America’s ills

Linda Grist Cunningham: Trash talk: What were Key West commissioners thinking?

Ed Moore: It’s better to criticize the policies, not the person

Shannon Nickinson: Programs tackle poverty one child at a time

Linda Cunningham: Intransigence caused Civil War; it threatens the nation again