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Martin DyckmanDecember 8, 2013

With a new law practice to nourish, four daughters to educate, and major medical bills to pay, the last thing that Arthur J. England Jr. needed in 1974 was to run for the Florida Supreme Court. But the court needed him. With three justices under investigation for tawdry ethics and the court’s reputation in ruins, […]

Peter SchorschDecember 8, 2013

Because the story broke Friday night, you may have missed the report from Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald exposing how Gov. Rick Scott’s chief of staff, Adam Hollingsworth, lied about earning a college degree on his resume with a former employer, transportation behemoth CSX. According to Klas, Hollingsworth, who worked for CSX from 1995-2000 and again from 2002-2004, […]

Guest AuthorDecember 8, 2013

We live in a time in which incessant polling, ubiquitous social media, and 24-hour news outlets register every ripple in public opinion. And for some elected officials, each such ripple, however small, feels like a groundswell as they drift along with no anchor of core principles other than an unremitting desire to please, so they […]

Guest AuthorDecember 8, 2013

You couldn’t attend college in the ‘80s without developing a strong distaste for South Africa’s apartheid and immense respect for the political prisoner, Nelson Mandela. Our Washington, D.C, campus frequently erupted with protests calling for the university to divest from companies doing business in the white-minority led country. Groups of students from Howard University made […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 5, 2013

It’s time the tide turned on the wave of anti-Obama rhetoric that washed across America like a toxic red tide of disinformation and distrust in the wake of the problem-plagued rollout of Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges. There’s no need to be ignorant of or blind to the mistakes our president and his administration […]

Florence SnyderDecember 5, 2013

Arthur England was an unpretentious man. Unlike a lot of retired traffic magistrates, he did not want to be called “Judge” after he left the Florida Supreme Court in 1981. It was easy to forget that for all of his professional life, he really was the smartest guy in the room. England, who died Aug. […]

Guest AuthorDecember 5, 2013

Dear Peter, First, a word of thanks. Those of us who are veterans of the opinion website Florida Voices were pleased when you picked up the remnants of that failed experiment, created Context Florida and made it work. You offer us modest payment for our opinions, and it’s a great platform for an assortment of […]

Guest AuthorDecember 5, 2013

“To change is to learn and to learn is to change.” That was the advice often given to me by my mentor in life, Lew Treen, a war veteran, semi-pro baseball player, high school principal and coach. One of the most important principles I’ve learned is that you should never stop learning. Sometimes the answers […]

Guest AuthorDecember 4, 2013

I get a kick out of these periodic threats by states or regions to secede from the United States. Sometimes they’re boastful efforts by the likes of Texas, which has a great business economy, low taxes and dismal results to show for it — horrible on education, health care and the environment, so bad it […]

Peter SchorschDecember 4, 2013

In 333 BC, Alexander of Macedonia, on his march through Anatolia, reached Gordium. There he was shown the chariot of the ancient founder of the city, Gordius, with its yoke lashed to the pole by an intricate knot. According to tradition, this knot was to be untied only by the future conqueror of Asia. According to legend, Alexander sliced through the […]

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Martin Dyckman: England helped save scandal-ridden Fla. Supreme Court

Peter Schorsch: Scott’s chief of staff has some explaining to do

Mac Stipanovich: Leadership memo from Edmund Burke: Get grit

Andrew Skerritt: For my generation, Mandela was our Dr. King

Daniel Tilson: It’s time for the latest anti-Obama tide to turn

Florence Snyder: ‘Judge’ England was the smartest guy in the room

Cary McMullen: An open letter to Peter Schorsch

Bob Porter: Continuing your education prepares you for opportunities

Mark O’Brien: It’s time to downsize the United States

Peter Schorsch: Kudos to Weatherford for trying to cut gaming knot