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Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll […]

Julie DelegalAugust 24, 2015

Former State Board of Education Chairman Gary Chartrand has issued an impassioned plea on behalf of Florida’s 78,000 voucher students. He wants the plaintiffs, namely the Florida Education Association, which represents teachers, to drop its lawsuit opposing the diversion of tax dollars to the voucher program. The FEA lawsuit is now at the appeal stage. […]

Sally SwartzAugust 24, 2015

Florida lawmakers did one thing worth celebrating in this year’s Legislative Session: They approved, at long last, a law that protects residents from SLAPPs: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. Two champions deserve special credit for the success of the anti-SLAPP campaign: the Florida Press Association and the Motion Picture Association of America. On the Treasure […]

Guest AuthorAugust 23, 2015

“It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty for yourselves and not for me. I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office seekers, but with you, is the question: Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this […]

Guest AuthorAugust 23, 2015

There’s a surprise coming to Florida property owners at the end of August, one wrapped in the federal government’s signature red tape. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers have positioned themselves to regulate practically every square inch of our state. How? They have redefined the extent of EPA jurisdiction […]

Associated PressAugust 21, 2015

Billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch are opening the Tea Party’s door for Republican Jeb Bush, whose time as Florida governor preceded the movement. It’s a valuable opportunity for a presidential contender whose competition is some of the Tea Party’s biggest success stories. On Friday in Columbus, Ohio, Bush is making his first appearance at […]

Guest AuthorAugust 20, 2015

Rufus Montgomery, belligerent chairman of Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees, remains unbowed: I will honor the decision and level of confidence that Board members showed in my leadership earlier this month when they unanimously re-elected me to a full two-year term as chairman. While certain elected officials have always stood behind FAMU, their vantage […]

Bob SparksAugust 20, 2015

Florida A & M University, unfortunately, is again in the news. President Elmira Mangum and the university’s Board of Trustees are in conflict and have been for some time. Public spats between Mangum and Board Chairman Rufus Montgomery have escalated. On Wednesday, four sitting legislators and the mayor of Tallahassee called a news conference to […]

Guest AuthorAugust 19, 2015

About a year ago a dear friend gave me a copy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King. The 2012 book earned the 2013 Pulitzer for general nonfiction and the Pulitzer Committee described the book as a “richly […]

Guest AuthorAugust 19, 2015

I live with three boys, counting Marc, and for the past few years, when our oppressive Florida heat downshifts into simply sweltering, they begin The Ritual. This annual event involves fantasy football spreadsheets, sports radio and worrying about things called “stats.” It involves sitting on the couch with sperm-killing laptops. It involves shouting about hamstrings […]

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Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent

Julie Delegal: Other ideas follow defense of school vouchers

Sally Swartz: Free speech victory rose from Session morass

Ed H. Moore: It’s time to recover our promise as a great nation

Dan Peterson: Improving Your Private Property? Check with the EPA

Newcomer to Koch scene, Jeb Bush competes with Tea Party class

Chris Timmons: For a better FAMU, Rufus Montgomery needs to go

Bob Sparks: FAMU drama heads into next act

Terri Susan Fine: I question whether we have learned 'citizenship' in our generation

Catherine Durkin Robinson: For those of us who don’t get football, we can still see its value with the men in our lives