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Associated PressSeptember 3, 2015

Exploring a presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday offered a robust defense of a nuclear accord with Iran strongly backed by the White House in the latest sign of his work to present himself as a natural heir to President Barack Obama. “I tell you, I firmly believe, and I will go into […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2015

“Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and get the work done?” Robert Avossa, the new Palm Beach County schools superintendent, asked an enthusiastic group of 250 to 300 in the Glades Central High School media center this past Thursday evening. The crowd was a cross-section of school administrators, teachers, staff, parents and local […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 10, 2015

Matthew Carr’s new book, Sherman’s Ghosts: Soldiers, Civilians, and the American Way of War, is presented as “an antimilitarist military history” – that is, half of it is a history of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s conduct during the U.S. Civil War, and half of it is an attempt to trace echoes of Sherman through major […]

Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2014

A recent AP poll revealed that Americans are worried that our government can’t protect us. And not without good reason — the botched handling of an Ebola victim, videos of police violence looping on the nightly news, arson-caused wildfires ravaging homes, ISIS threatening our homeland — are stoking a growing sense of vulnerability among Americans to […]

Shannon NickinsonJune 29, 2014

Pensacola native Paul Sheaffer had the perfect app-developer experience. If only he could have had it in Pensacola. Sheaffer, with his brother Chase and their co-worker Marvin Paul, developed Out of Milk, a shopping app that allows users to create shopping lists that can be shared among users. They began work on it in Pensacola […]

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Wekiva High School Winners and Florida ProStart Leaders Celebrate Fourth Place Win on stage. Image via Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Educational Foundation.

Joe Biden, pondering campaign, defends Iran deal in South Florida

Catherine Martinez: New school superintendent promises evaluation, change

David Swanson: Exporting Sherman's March

Peter Schorsch: Florida’s leaders need to protect our infrastructure from attack

Shannon Nickinson: Pensacola produces app designers, but it can’t keep them