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Mitch PerryFebruary 22, 2016

After a tough loss over the weekend in Nevada, Bernie Sanders is getting love from Florida progressives. In advance of the Sunshine State’s presidential primary election on March 15, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida (DPCF) on Monday announced that it’s endorsing Sanders in the Democratic primary. “Throughout his political career as well as his presidential […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2016

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South Florida U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy will be in Tampa’s Davis Islands next month for a fundraiser to be held by former City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena. Murphy, a two-term representative from Jupiter, is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate against Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson. Despite the fact that nearly the entire Florida Democratic […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 20, 2016

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Donald Trump has a 32-point lead over his closest competitor in Florida, a Florida Atlantic University poll reports. The New York businessman leads the pack with nearly 48 percent. His closest competitor, the survey found, is Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent. Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush are neck-and-neck in Florida, with 11.1 percent and 9.5 […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 13, 2016

FAU professor James Tracy is creating an opening for Florida politicians who don’t like tenure and don’t like faculty unions. Because of Tracy’s case, tenure opponents could go on the attack and look good doing it. Tracy is the Florida Atlantic University communications professor who claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is a […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 12, 2016

FAU professor James Tracy is creating an opening for Florida politicians who don’t like tenure and don’t like faculty unions. Because of Tracy’s case, tenure opponents could go on the attack and look good doing it. Tracy is the Florida Atlantic University communications professor who claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is a […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 23, 2015

Academe would be a dreary place without its occasional kooky professor, but James Tracy of Florida Atlantic University is simply too much. Hired to teach about conspiracy theories, he digressed into peddling his own, beginning with the claim that the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre three years ago was a hoax by the media and by the […]

Jac VerSteegDecember 21, 2015

This being the Christmas season, we all are entitled to believe in those things we want to believe in. This time of year – if only for a short time – I choose to believe in Santa. I believe, for example, that the Reason for the Season will lead the Florida Legislature to ask itself […]

Jac VerSteegDecember 20, 2015

This being the Christmas season, we all are entitled to believe in those things we want to believe in. This time of year – if only for a short time – I choose to believe in Santa. I believe, for example, that the Reason for the Season will lead the Florida Legislature to ask itself […]

Guest AuthorNovember 3, 2015

Backers and opponents of letting people bring guns onto Florida’s college campuses can’t logically support their arguments until there’s more slaughter to analyze. It appears that a bill that would allow students with a concealed-carry permit to bring their guns onto the state’s public college campuses will become law next year. A similar bill died […]

Guest AuthorNovember 2, 2015

Backers and opponents of letting people bring guns onto Florida’s college campuses can’t logically support their arguments until there’s more slaughter to analyze. It appears that a bill that would allow students with a concealed-carry permit to bring their guns onto the state’s public college campuses will become law next year. A similar bill died […]

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Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida endorses Bernie Sanders

Linda Saul-Sena to hold fundraiser for Patrick Murphy

FAU poll: Donald Trump has big lead over opponents in Florida

Jac VerSteeg: FAU professor James Tracy’s case helps anti-tenure forces

Jac VerSteeg: FAU professor James Tracy's case helps anti-tenure forces

Martin Dyckman: The kooky, the clueless, and the crooked

Jac VerSteeg: Santa, Sandy Hook and Florida Atlantic University

Jac VerSteeg: Santa, Sandy Hook and Florida Atlantic University

Tom O’Hara: Allowing guns on campus is dumb, but it won’t change college life much

Tom O’Hara: Allowing guns on campus is dumb, but it won’t change college life much