A.G. GancarskiJanuary 15, 2022
4min0
Fried made the comments Friday on statewide radio.
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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 15, 2022
Staff ReportsNovember 18, 2019
5min1035
Maybe he should go ahead and update his voter registration.
Associated PressJune 6, 2019
15min456
“It was a rogue regime that was trying to take over the world, and the people had to be stopped.”
Martin DyckmanMarch 3, 2017
10min590
When current events became too depressing, I turned to history for possible reassurance. It came from what might seem an unlikely source, Volker Ullrich’s excellent 2016 biography, “Hitler Ascent 1889-1939” published in translation by Alfred A. Knopf. There are sound reasons to hope that what happened there won’t happen here, as even though it threatens […]
Martin DyckmanJanuary 30, 2017
8min204
An open letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Gentlemen: It was wisdom rather than whim that guided the founders of our nation in separating the powers of government with a system of checks and balances. As James Madison remarked in The Federalist 47, “the accumulation of all powers … […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2017
4min378
For the third straight year, Rep. Kristin Jacobs filed a bill in the Florida House to ban Kratom. However, this time is different for Jacobs, who submitted her proposal earlier this month. Not only is she carrying a bill that already failed twice, but Jacobs also decided to sell the bill by calling the Kratom lobby “just […]
Martin DyckmanOctober 13, 2016
8min218
“Once to every man and nation “Comes the moment to decide “In the strife of truth with falsehood “For the Good or Evil side ….. “Then it is the brave man chooses, “While the coward stands aside” American poet James Russell Lowell wrote those words in 1844 during the intensifying crisis over slavery. They speak […]
Martin DyckmanAugust 15, 2016
8min447
“Above all, there was fear: fear of today, fear of tomorrow … fear of our neighbors, and fear of ourselves … Only when you understand that, can you understand what Hitler meant to us: Lift your heads. Be proud to be German. There are devils among us: Communists, liberals, Jews, Gypsies. Once these devils will […]
Martin DyckmanJune 6, 20168min590
“Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad Company.”– George Washington‘s 56th rule of civility and decent behavior. A recent cruise in the Baltic Sea took us to eight northern European nations where we were impressed yet again with how much […]
Julie DelegalMay 28, 2016
9min416
Dear Governor Jeb Bush: At one time, while you were still running for president, you were asked an interesting question: “If you could go back in time, and ‘take out’ Hitler, would you?” You answered, as most of us would, with a resounding “Yes.” It’s 2016, and I’ll spare you any comparisons between the Republican […]