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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 […]

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 […]

Darryl PaulsonAugust 12, 2015

Here are two critical points concerning Donald Trump. First, he is barely a Republican. Second, he is certainly not a conservative. It is obvious that Trump is leading the field of 17 Republican candidates. His support in four recent polls all had Trump in first place, ranging from a low of 21 percent in the […]

Darryl PaulsonAugust 11, 2015

Here are two critical points concerning Donald Trump. First, he is barely a Republican. Second, he is certainly not a conservative. It is obvious that Trump is leading the field of 17 Republican candidates. His support in four recent polls all had Trump in first place, ranging from a low of 21 percent in the […]

Darryl PaulsonJuly 15, 2015

As someone who has testified many times in Florida reapportionment cases, the voters of Florida and then the state Supreme Court got most everything wrong when it comes to “Fair Districts.” I have been hired numerous times by the state or national NAACP to testify about the legacy of voter discrimination in Florida. When you […]

Bill PrescottJuly 14, 2015

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled the state’s congressional maps don’t meet requirements of a voter-approved constitutional amendment prohibiting political lines drawn to favor incumbents or political parties. The court ordered the Legislature to redraw the maps These are 10 big questions looming over Florida politics: 1. Will the Legislature appeal? USFSP political science emeritus […]

Julie DelegalJuly 14, 2015

In light of the recent Florida Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering, and given the rationale that justified the illegal redistricting lines in the first place, the words of playwright Tennessee Williams have never been more on point. “There ain’t nothin’ more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it,” Williams wrote. “It smells […]

Diane RobertsJune 26, 2015

I am the descendant of at least 10 Confederate soldiers. A few owned slaves; most did not. One great-great-grandfather fought at the Battle of Natural Bridge. Another survived the Siege of Petersburg. So don’t throw the Y-word at me. Don’t tell me I don’t understand. I understand all too well. The Confederate battle flag is […]

Bob SparksFebruary 20, 2015

Bill Clinton is known to use the term “dead-bang loser” to deride the policies or actions of political opponents. One of his more recent targets was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the latter’s epic fights with the state teachers’ union. Clinton described Walker’s success in those fights as a dead-bang loser for Wisconsin. With Walker’s […]

Bob SparksFebruary 20, 2015

Bill Clinton is known to use the term “dead-bang loser” to deride the policies or actions of political opponents. One of his more recent targets was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the latter’s epic fights with the state teachers’ union. Clinton described Walker’s success in those fights as a dead-bang loser for Wisconsin. With Walker’s […]

Tag: African Americans

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

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

Darryl Paulson: The zenith of Donald Trump

Darryl Paulson: The zenith of Donald Trump

Darryl Paulson: What is really "fair districting" in Florida?

Peter Schorsch: Court ruling has tossed the Monopoly board

Julie Delegal: For voters in Florida, map-drawing mendacity nearly killed democracy

Diane Roberts: Take it down already!

Bob Sparks: Tax credit scholarship lawsuit a “dead-bang loser”

Bob Sparks: Tax credit scholarship lawsuit a "dead-bang loser"