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Darryl PaulsonSeptember 22, 2013

Sixth in a series. The 2000 presidential election in Florida exposed numerous problems with the election process, and many of those problems were disproportionately likely to affect black voters. As the nation waited for the Florida election results to see who would be the next president of the United States, complaints emerged about antiquated voting […]

Daniel TilsonSeptember 17, 2013

In a move some will see as vain, in vain, or both, Gov. Rick Scott Monday sent a letter to U.S. congressional leaders sounding the identity-theft alarm that only opponents of Obamacare seem to find in any way alarming. The letter addressed to Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 15, 2013

It sounds bizarre, but it involves Florida and Arizona politics, so it’s par for the course. It is January 2013 and a group of Republican governors have all worked against unions, women’s rights, Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But most of all, especially after the Supreme Court ruled the ACA constitutional, they […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 27, 2013

There exists somewhere, I strongly suspect, a school that trains politicians in the art of unctuous hypocrisy. Like a black hole in space, it can’t be seen. But its presence can be deduced from its unmistakable effects. The latest such manifestation is the Republican National Committee’s decision to blacklist CNN and NBC from broadcasting presidential […]

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Supporters celebrate the opening of a wheel-chair accessible playground at Anastasia State Park. Image via Florida State Parks Foundation.

Darryl Paulson: Voter Discrimination from the 2000 presidential election to the present

Daniel Tilson: Scott ups anti-Obamacare ante with letter to Congress

Gary Stein: Is this how you run a business, Gov. Scott?

Martin Dyckman: Objections to Hillary Clinton film is GOP hypocrisy