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Guest AuthorApril 28, 2015

Another African-American young adult confronts police, another death results, another riot ensues. Another Ferguson. Cries of police brutality once again seek to justify unmitigated rioting and to justify not allowing riot police to prevent destruction and restore law and order by necessary force. This time, it was Baltimore. It’s becoming business as usual in 21st […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 15, 2015

The Southside Businessmen’s Club featured a sheriff’s debate during its weekly meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the San Jose Country Club, and everything about the event embodied southern gentility at its best. Local political standouts, like Bill Bishop (looking dapper in a navy blazer and a green polo) and Jay Farhat, were on hand to […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2015

One of the most controversial protest actions in recent Jacksonville history occurred in December on the Hart Bridge one chilly afternoon, in the wake of the Ferguson verdict and the footage of the choke-out death of Eric Garner going viral and enraging protesters around the country. As happened in cities across the country, Jacksonville protesters […]

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 […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 27, 2015

For once, Florida legislators can vote for a gun bill that isn’t totally crazy. But most of them probably won’t. The state has been an embarrassingly irresponsible free-fire zone for years, having led all comers in licensing unqualified gun-toters, giving them leave to shoot fellow citizens with no accountability, and letting them rain hot lead […]

Adam WeinsteinFebruary 26, 2015

For once, Florida legislators can vote for a gun bill that isn’t totally crazy. But most of them probably won’t. The state has been an embarrassingly irresponsible free-fire zone for years, having led all comers in licensing unqualified gun-toters, giving them leave to shoot fellow citizens with no accountability and letting them rain hot lead […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2015

On the first day of the new session in Congress yesterday, Alabama GOP Rep. Martha Roby introduced legislation to stop President Obama’s unilateral executive action on immigration. Called the “Prevention of Executive Amnesty Act of 2015,” the measure is intended to apply to the coming appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security, which Congress funded only until […]

Guest AuthorDecember 28, 2014

Everybody has a perception about what the image of art should say – or not say – but few have an informed opinion. The power of the communicative arts transcends the mere power to inform. That power is used in film, television, newspapers, radio, art, magazines, music, theatre and the new social media network as […]

Shannon NickinsonDecember 15, 2014

“These situations create in me a mixture of emotions: Anger, Fear, Sadness, Frustration, Helplessness. … We teach (our son) right from wrong. Teach him how to be respectful. But does it even matter when he can do all these things and still be viewed as a threat … Just because he has a better natural […]

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