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Mitch PerryApril 18, 2015

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has made his brand as not being your typical Republican. While he positions himself to seek the GOP presidential nomination, though, he’s found himself in a difficult stance balancing his isolationist views versus a public alarmed about combating terrorism. The Kentucky physician attempted that Saturday morning in Nashua, N.H., on Day […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

The question one has to ask after reading just the summary of the Justice Department report on the goings-on with the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department is: How many other municipal law enforcement agencies act this way in America? If you want the headline from Wednesday to read that Justice concluded that the Ferguson PD violated no federal laws in […]

Mitch PerryMarch 5, 2015

The question one has to ask after reading just the summary of the Justice Department report on the goings-on with the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department is: How many other municipal law enforcement agencies act this way in America? If you want the headline from Wednesday to read that Justice concluded that the Ferguson PD violated no federal laws in […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 26, 2015

Six weeks after he said he was considering filing such legislation, St. Petersburg Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes on Thursday filed a bill that prohibits law enforcement agencies from retaining property and assets seized from individuals who are not convicted of a crime. Civil forfeiture is a controversial legal process that allows police to take assets from […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2015

Sen. Bill Nelson says that the Muslim world is now coming together to fight ISIS, in the wake of the attention given to the video showing Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive after being captured by the group. Jordan has certainly raised its efforts, promising an “earthshaking response” to his killing. That nation’s fighter jets […]

Julie DelegalAugust 18, 2014

The police-shooting death of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, continues to bring citizens out of their homes and onto the streets. On August 9, 28-year-old Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black. The shooting itself was tragic enough. Police actions after the shooting, though, have made Ferguson […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 26, 2014

North Carolina, the vacation or retirement home for throngs of Floridians, seems to be competing with the Sunshine State for dishonors. The Tarheel state is winning. North Carolina’s legislature has managed to repeal a century of progress in a single session. Its new voter suppression law is among the nation’s most diabolical. In just one […]

Guest AuthorOctober 16, 2013

President Barack Obama promised that his administration would be the most open and transparent in history. With the nation coming out of the super-secretive Bush years, the news media and watchdog groups welcomed the change. His Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, issued on Jan. 21, 2009, directed federal agencies to implement the principles of […]

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Rand Paul takes on GOP critics over going to war

Mitch Perry Report for 3.5.15 — Ferguson’s ugly legacy

Mitch Perry Report for 3.5.15 — Ferguson's ugly legacy

Jeff Brandes files bill to amend civil forfeiture law in Florida

Bill Nelson weighs in on ISIS, arming Ukraine and Baileygate

Julie Delegal: Ferguson, Missouri: Police didn’t trust the system

Martin Dyckman: Feds should force Florida to restore right to vote to felons

Rick Outzen: President Obama’s veneer of openness