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Guest AuthorSeptember 4, 2015

As we join family and friends at barbeques, pool parties, and picnics this weekend, it is worth reflecting on Florida’s remarkable economic turnaround. This Labor Day, Florida’s workforce is presented with pathways to prosperity that were unthinkable just a few years ago. The Great Recession hit Florida hard. Our unemployment rate skyrocketed to 11.2 percent, […]

Frank TorresSeptember 3, 2015

A year ago, high school junior Theodora Beamer was attacked by a pit bull in her Orange County neighborhood. During the attack, she received multiple injuries, including a severed lip that required extensive plastic surgery to reattach. The dog that attacked Beamer was never captured. The dog’s owners quickly moved the animal from Orange County to the Miami-Dade […]

Bob SparksSeptember 3, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden visited Florida this week supposedly to do what vice presidents do. He came to raise money for Democrats and talk about a college readiness policy initiative on behalf of President Obama. The media interest in his Florida stop centered not on the traditional role of a vice president, but whether he […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2015

Marco Rubio likes to say he’s representing the future of the Grand Old Party. (An oxymoron, no?) He’s a new face, he’s young, he’s definitely not “low-energy” or overly familiar (Jeb Bush; Hillary Clinton), he’s sane (not Rand Paul), he has charisma (not Scott Walker), he’s unflappable (not Chris Christie), he’s not brash and false […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 3, 2015

Have you heard? A new drug is set to hit pharmacies in mid-October, called flibanserin, marketed as Addyi, and meant to treat “female sexual dysfunction.” Reports erroneously compare the drug to Viagra. Viagra increases blood flow to the penis and helps about 100 percent of the men who use it. Addyi works more like an […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

It’s a chicken-egg problem: Which comes first, the wise society or the wise citizenry? A wise society looks after the well-being of its citizenry. In order for there to be a wise society, though, many or most of its citizenry also must be wise since they create the society. But the society must educate its […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

Do people truly understand the power of the middle class? I think they’re starting to overseas. We may not have invented the concept of a middle class, but we perfected it and everyone wants to emulate it. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, countries around the world have been reconfiguring their economic policies to […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

Georgia-Pacific’s Foley Cellulose mill is a major producer of specialty fibers derived from slash pine trees. Their cellulose fibers are found in products used daily by people around the world including clothing, tires, shampoo, diapers, filters, and towels. The company uses the best available technology to work with the community to reduce its environmental footprint […]

Julie DelegalSeptember 1, 2015

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has filed a federal lawsuit opposing the reshaping of the district she represents, Florida’s CD 5. Her legal action has drawn the attention of voters’ groups including the League of Women Voters, the group that led the charge for voters to pass the state’s Fair Districts Amendments. Congresswoman Brown contends that […]

Marc YachtSeptember 1, 2015

Two annual events occur whose sole purpose is to scare people. Halloween, where the little boys dress up like Superman and the girls rush about the neighborhood as Little Bo Peeps. Childlike adults are not to be denied their festivities disguised as the Devil or Lady Godiva at raucous, drunken costume parties. Halloween is more […]

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Dozens of vehicles were torched in a fire at a Jacksonville International Airport fire in a garage May 16. Image via Jacksonivlle Aviation Authority.

Jesse Panuccio: Florida workers have much to celebrate this Labor Day

Orlando lawmakers want to track “dangerous dogs” more efficiently

Bob Sparks: Joe Biden’s Florida visit starts decision-making tour

Chris Timmons: The future is Marco Rubio's for the taking

Catherine Durkin Robinson: If women’s sex drive dips, a pill may not be the solution

Barry Jason Mauer: How do you make a society wise?

Tim Bryce: An argument for capitalism

Scott Mixon: Foley Cellulose values environmental commitment

Julie Delegal: Could Florida have 2 minority-access districts for the price of one?

Dr. Marc Yacht: Television's weather madness takes hold