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Melissa RossDecember 24, 2015

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Amidst all the shopping, wrapping, and returns, the Florida Retail Federation says this holiday season is also expected to feature a spike in fraud. The FRF says retailers expect fraud to reach more than $2.2 billion nationally, an increase in fraudulent activity of 3.5 percent over 2014. The biggest offense: criminals who try to return […]

Peter SchorschDecember 23, 2015

The 2015 holiday season marks a quiet before the storm in Florida politics, before the lawmakers and lobbyists take over Tallahassee in January and the high drama of Jeb Bush vs. Marco Rubio and the rest of the GOP presidential field reaches its primary crescendo. So this year, before the annual rites and rituals of “The Process” come to […]

Guest AuthorDecember 22, 2015

Many traditions, both old and new, take place between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Families and friends gather together and try to get along, strangers smile at the weird driver singing “Jingle Bells” at the top of his lungs, and everyone agrees not to post diet victories on Facebook until after New Year’s Day. As […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2015

So far, I’ve received seven holiday newsletters. They’re enough to make me hope for mood stabilizers in my stocking. And I’m Jewish. Why is the annual celebration of your Lord also time to celebrate the result of a drunken night eight years ago when your diaphragm failed? The pictures are bad enough. They’re so small […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2015

The Thanksgiving holiday season brought with it interesting discussions about “the holidays” – so many holidays are celebrated by people of different cultures, religious backgrounds and nations of origin. The one most celebrated here in the United States is Christmas. The “Christmas Season,” traditionally beginning the day after Thanksgiving (but more lately it seems to […]

Ryan RayDecember 14, 2015

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Strategist and communications consultant Kevin Cate just released his 2015 online holiday greeting Monday morning, and we get the feeling supporters of Donald Trump‘s 2016 bid for the White House won’t be watching it around the Christmas ham. CateComm’s new video asks whether Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – or any other red-state hero – can “save” the GOP […]

Peter SchorschNovember 10, 2015

Donald Trump is suggesting boycotting Starbucks over the minimalist design of its annual holiday cups. “Did you read about Starbucks? No more Merry Christmas on Starbucks,” Trump told a capacity crowd of thousands gathered to hear him speak at a pre-debate rally in Springfield, Illinois on Monday evening. “Maybe we should boycott Starbucks. I don’t […]

Daniel TilsonDecember 23, 2014

My 9-year-old now tells me Santa Clause is fictional. So, I’m sending my letter to someone real, or…well, someone who exists, anyway: Dear Gov. Scott (and please share with GOP colleagues), It’s that time of year. No, not time to instruct staff to delete leftover sensitive emails or texts from the past year. No, not […]

Guest AuthorDecember 21, 2014

My Christmas wish is a humble one, from one informed citizen to whatever benevolent spirits remain at work in the universe. I want the grownups to be in charge. Pensacola is a community with promise, where much progress has been made, but where much remains to be done. It needs adults at the helm. Headlines […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2014

Christmas is commercialized, Chanukah (my holiday) is boring, and Kwanzaa is a lot like underwear you put on before pantyhose…I’m not sure I understand the point. By all means, enjoy the nog and rotting trees in your living room that violate at least 19 fire-safety laws. This list is for the rest of us: 1. […]

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Florida Retail Federation expects spike in holiday fraud

This holiday season is brought to you by these Florida lobbyists and political associations

Catherine Durkin Robinson: The season comes to try to get along

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Enjoy a holiday letter from Hell and a cookie

Terri Susan Fine: A holiday greeting we all can give

Kevin Cate’s 2015 holiday greeting brought to you by “misfit” Donald Trump

Donald Trump suggests Starbucks boycott

Daniel Tilson: A Christmas letter to Gov. Rick Scott

Shannon Nickinson: Santa, please put adults in charge in Pensacola

Catherine Durkin Robinson: 10 things I hate about the holidays