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Scott PowersNovember 23, 2016

A new conservative coalition has formed in Florida seeking to push for immigration reform that would also oppose any mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Floridians for an Immigration Solution, chaired by Ed Moore, president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, announced Wednesday it wants to work with a Donald Trump White House and […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerJuly 14, 2016

With the fatal crash of Tesla car on autopilot near Williston in May, Floridians already know the future of transportation is impacting the state’s highways. Exploration of that future will be one of the themes when the 2016 Floridians for Better Transportation Summit meets Tuesday and Wednesday at the Loews Don CeSar Hotel on St. […]

Guest AuthorJune 17, 2016

At this time of year, we always see the TV commercials advising the perfect gift for Father’s Day. It is interesting that as the year’s pass by the gifts matter so much less, and it is the times long past that we crave to recapture, even if for just a day. Yet we are bombarded […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2016

“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less,” said Humpty Dumpty in “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. A perplexed Alice responded, “The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things.” Politicians using language to mean many things is […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 5, 2016

Get ready to spend some time talking about education this summer. Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday he will host a two-day education summit in Orlando this month. The Degrees to Jobs Summit is expected to focus on higher education, and will bring together Florida’s business leaders and education officials to help connect students with jobs […]

Guest AuthorMay 4, 2016

Have you ever watched a Fox News Watters World segment where the host randomly asks simple questions of passersby and gets inaccurate and inane answers? It is similar in format to the old Jay Walking segments that Jay Leno used to do with similar results. At first I wondered just how many people had to […]

Guest AuthorApril 12, 2016

I am beginning to think Americans are tending to live more in the present than they do by thinking of the past or planning for the future. Every four years we get enmeshed in a national election that tends to raise the bar of conversation about where we want to be, usually, but this election […]

Guest AuthorApril 7, 2016

I often lament how little we learn from that which has come before in our political and governmental processes. It seems like each decade we drop time off the front end of our experiences, as if there is only so much room in our memories for what we have experienced. What else could explain our […]

Guest AuthorApril 6, 2016

I often lament how little we learn from that which has come before in our political and governmental processes. It seems like each decade we drop time off the front end of our experiences, as if there is only so much room in our memories for what we have experienced. What else could explain our […]

Guest AuthorMarch 27, 2016

Beyond the pettiness, the vitriolic words, the name-calling and the bombast from Donald Trump also sits a chasm between what is the truth and what suits him and his own goals. While he calls Ted Cruz “Lyin’ Ted” and Marco Rubio “Little Marco,” he also finds ways to offer a story line to the American […]

Tag: Ed Moore

New conservative immigration reform coalition emerges in Florida

State leaders, experts to discuss future of mobility at Better Transportation Summit

Ed Moore: The best Father’s Day gifts are not bought

Ed Moore: Where fantasy is fact

Rick Scott, Florida Chamber Foundation host education summits

Ed Moore: Young Americans need to learn about the country’s history, values

Ed Moore: Are we still a great nation?

Ed Moore: The presidential campaigns make me worry about America’s future

Ed Moore: The presidential campaigns make me worry about America’s future

Ed Moore: Donald Trump is wrong when he says nomination threshold is arbitrary