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Peter SchorschNovember 9, 2017

There are three critical “T’s” of political campaigns: timing, temperature and tone. Mary Barzee Flores hit all three when she called for the impeachment of Donald Trump. The former circuit judge and current candidate in Miami’s “clown car” Democratic primary in Florida’s 27th Congressional District also urged fellow Democrats to run on the issue in […]

Guest AuthorNovember 8, 2017

President Donald J. Trump should be impeached and removed from office. As a former judge, I don’t make that statement lightly, but I have come to believe such steps, sadly, are necessary to restore trust, respect, and dignity to the American presidency. That said, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — and those of the U.S. […]

Guest AuthorApril 3, 2017

Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch is coming up for a vote in the Senate this month, with lawmakers debating the nomination of the Colorado judge to the highest court in the country. Like the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Judge Gorsuch has a track record of interpreting the Constitution as written and intended by the […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 28, 2017

Already this year, American have seen clearly how our Constitution keeps our country strong. First, the world watched the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next and then tens of millions exercised their right to assembly by participating in one of the dozens of Women’s Marches across the country, including here in […]

Tom JacksonNovember 8, 2016

And so, at last, it is upon us. Election Day. Time, fence-sitters, to decide. We’ve been counting down so long, all the way back to the spring of last year; it sometimes seemed we’d never get here. Great nation that we (still) are, however, propelled by momentum and time-honored systems that guide truer than any […]

Mark FerruloJune 8, 2016

Before the ink on newspaper headlines had even dried about the Feb. 13 passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said that the Senate should not consider any U.S. Supreme Court nominee until 2017, after a new President is sworn in. Since then, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has joined McConnell in […]

Bob SparksFebruary 19, 2016

The already heated political rhetoric about replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court is a sad spectacle. It is unseemly. Some shared their relief that Scalia was dead via social media. Most showed far more class. Before Scalia’s body had even left the morgue in Texas, the politics of replacing him […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 31, 2016

I felt faint. It was my first day on the job. I was a college student and part-time counselor at a woman’s health clinic. My duties involved helping patients through their abortion procedures. They’d already met with the doctor and nurse; my job was to assist them emotionally. I was told most of the patients […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 11, 2016

“A watched pot never boils!” You have heard that many times before. We all know it more aptly reflects our own impatience rather than our subjective reality. Of course a pot will boil if the heat is turned high enough. Watching the news this week from Oregon, the image of a simmering pot about to […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 14, 2015

State Rep. Matt Gaetz is leading the latest attempt to pass an “open carry” gun law in Florida. The Shalimar Republican filed HB 163 on Monday; in part, the bill would allow a person licensed to carry a concealed firearm or weapon to “also openly carry such firearm or weapon.” In a Facebook post in […]

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Mary Barzee Flores impeachment talk hits the mark; will Democrats listen?

Mary Barzee Flores: ‘Impeach Trump’ must be Democratic candidates’ rallying cry

Payton Alexander: Neil Gorsuch confirmation would be great for Latinos

Andy Madtes: It’s time to set legislative direction for Sunshine State

Tom Jackson: At our time of choosing, will we guess wrong?

Mark Ferrulo: Crippling the Supreme Court

Bob Sparks: Another Antonin Scalia is not in the cards, no matter who appoints justice

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Work at abortion clinic was sobering, rewarding

Ed Moore: Our unwatched pot is already boiling

Matt Gaetz files ‘open carry’ gun bill