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Guest AuthorSeptember 15, 2015

First off, don’t expect a loud verbal tirade against Donald Trump on Wednesday by any of the other candidates. They now know if they offer a visceral attack, and Trump returns fire, Trump’s ratings will go up, not theirs. That’s because the public now perceives Trump as the voice of the people, a group mad […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 15, 2015

My good friend Speaker-Designate Richard Corcoran is poised to take over the reins of the Florida House of Representatives for the 2016-2018 term. I’ve known Richard for more than 30 years. A finer public servant would be hard to find. He has the skills, abilities and Tallahassee “know-how” to be an effective leader. He knows […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2015

No, Hillary Clinton is not losing the race for the Democratic Primary, not if you take the Real Clear Politics average of the national spread between her and Bernie Sanders. She’s up overall by 21 percentage points. But in the first in the nation voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire? It’s a completely different […]

Diane RobertsSeptember 15, 2015

Remember when Rick Scott went around in 2014 claiming to be an environmentalist? Yeah, that was hilarious. If you find the rape and pillage of Florida amusing. Some of our fellow citizens actually fell for it, too, just enough to get him re-elected. Flori-duh, indeed. Here’s Scott’s shameful scorecard: 1. Still won’t talk about climate […]

Diane RobertsSeptember 14, 2015

Remember when Rick Scott went around in 2014 claiming to be an environmentalist? Yeah, that was hilarious. If you find the rape and pillage of Florida amusing. Some of our fellow citizens actually fell for it, too, just enough to get him re-elected. Flori-duh, indeed. Here’s Scott’s shameful scorecard: 1. Still won’t talk about climate […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 14, 2015

Windows 10 is here and people are jumping all over it like hipsters at Urban Outfitters. It’s estimated 50 million users have upgraded to the new version. The Start button in all its glory, has returned to the Windows Operating System, and making most users glad. The last version of Windows tried to embrace the […]

Jac VerSteegSeptember 14, 2015

You’ve heard of political gerrymandering. It’s all over the news these days as Florida courts take the Legislature to task for its failure to follow the line-drawing rules. But now it appears there is – or shortly could be – a practice that could be described as hurricane gerrymandering. If this strangeness comes about, blame […]

Jac VerSteegSeptember 13, 2015

You’ve heard of political gerrymandering. It’s all over the news these days as Florida courts take the Legislature to task for its failure to follow the line-drawing rules. But now it appears there is – or shortly could be – a practice that could be described as hurricane gerrymandering. If this strangeness comes about, blame […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 13, 2015

Watching Best of Enemies, the new movie about the series of debates Gore Vidal and William Buckley had at the 1968 Republican Convention in Miami and Democratic Convention in Chicago, is a lesson in parallelism. Despite their deep differences, the two were like “matter and antimatter,” or as my wife said, “two models wearing the […]

Sally SwartzSeptember 13, 2015

Victories in the ongoing battles between Martin County residents and governments and Lake Point – plus an unrelated win upholding Martin’s protective growth plan – gave county residents reason to celebrate last week. Forbes 400 billionaire George Lindemann Sr. and his millionaire son, George Lindemann Jr. are developers of the Lake Point rock pit in […]

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Tim Bryce: The not-so-great expectations for the GOP debates

Mike Fasano on Richard Corcoran: “A finer public servant would be hard to find”

Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.15 – Bernie Sanders does Liberty University

Diane Roberts: Rick Scott runs up scorecard of shame

Diane Roberts: Rick Scott runs up scorecard of shame

Blake Dowling: Windows 10 cool, but with caveats

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Uncertainty lives in the Cone of Death

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Uncertainty lives in the Cone of Death

A.G. Gancarski: Gore Vidal, William Buckley play as “2 models in same dress” in new movie

Sally Swartz: Lake Point project opponents get some wins