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Guest AuthorJanuary 14, 2016

Oh, it’s not good looking for the citizens of Florida. The Florida Legislature is back in session, and nothing is likely to get done. Don’t take this columnist’s word for it. Go to the state’s Capitol building in Tallahassee, specifically, on the fourth floor, pull up a camping chair and talk with the fourth branch […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2015

Political pundits from coast to coast declared Jeb Bush‘s presidential campaign all but dead Wednesday night after his desultory performance in the third GOP debate, from Boulder, Colorado. The Economist wrote that,”(I)t is hard to see him coming back into contention now.” “It was do or die. And Bush died,” wrote Slate’s Jamelle Boulle. Bush obviously believes reports of […]

Bob SparksApril 16, 2015

This week, two more candidates jumped on the elevator heading for the top floor of the executive branch. The announcement on Sunday by Hillary Clinton and on Monday by Marco Rubio brings the number of announced candidates for president of the United States to four. While several others will follow, it is amazing to look […]

Darryl PaulsonSeptember 10, 2013

For 35 years I told students in my government courses that politics comes from the Ancient Greek word “poly” meaning “many” and “tics” meaning “ugly, bloodsucking parasites.” During the first 15 years, students laughed. For the last 20 years, students busily wrote the definition in their notes. They had no reason to believe it was […]

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