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Associated PressMarch 30, 2015

Closing in on an expected announcement that he will run for president, Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday he’s planning a political event in two weeks in Miami to announce his 2016 plans. The first-term Republican from Florida, appearing on Fox News, did not explicitly say he is running for the White House, instead telling would-be […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015

As one of the major counties along the I-4 corridor, Pinellas County will be a contested piece of real estate in choosing the next U.S. president. Ensuring it goes for the GOP nominee is in 2016 is the No. 1 goal for Pinellas Republicans for the next 18 months, recently elected party Chairman Nick DiCeglie said […]

Mitch PerryMarch 6, 2015

U.S. Rep. David Jolly made the case once again Friday morning for Ryan Pate, a Pinellas County constituent in a big legal mess overseas right now. Pate is the helicopter mechanic from Belleair Bluffs recently thrown in jail in the United Arab Emirates after he severely criticized his UAE-based employer on Facebook while in the […]

Martin DyckmanFebruary 9, 2015

Glenn Terrell, a Florida Supreme Court justice for 41 years, kept a thick file with such titles as “God, the Original Segregationist,” “The Bible Answers the Race Question,” and “God Gave the Law of Segregation (as well as the 10 Commandments) to Moses on Mount Sinai.” Upon voting to keep a black man out of […]

Adam WeinsteinDecember 11, 2014

Ban them all. We should never again allow a livelihood in media or government or think-tanking for any politician, any general, any pundit who ever argued that the United States of America needs to torture captives in order to keep its citizenry safe. Thanks to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture released this […]

Guest AuthorDecember 1, 2014

I see these groups everywhere I go in Florida. They take over tables in restaurants for breakfast or lunch, muttering here, laughing there, flirting with waitresses a third their age. I’m talking about those gangs known as ROMEOs — Retired Old Men Eating Out. Their membership varies widely — ex-business tycoons sit with former ditch-diggers, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2014

Oh yes he did. To the surprise of absolutely no one, President Obama last night announced his plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation and grant them work permits in a 15-prime time speech. Now what happens? That’s something that Congressional Republicans will have to decide in the coming weeks, and we’ve heard […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2014

While upsets in sports are generally enjoyed by the masses (some opponents included!) and provide excellent fodder for inspirational stories and movies, the same is not true in electoral contests — at least according to a new study out of the University of Georgia. To the contrary, the study finds that people who backed a […]

Daniel TilsonJuly 15, 2014

Now is the time for Florida to build momentum toward further state-level immigration reform. The 2014 legislative victory granting in-state tuition rates to undocumented college students has put us on the right path…forward. What we can’t afford to do now is settle for anything less than creating full-steam-ahead support for taking the next steps. Republican […]

Guest AuthorJuly 14, 2014

NPR recently did a news story about stress and the toll it takes on a person’s health. What causes high levels of hazardous stress? According to the NPR story: disabilities, chronic illness, extreme poverty…and parenting teenagers. You heard me. Herpes and raising teens. Similar in more ways than one. Add in some serious traffic problems […]

Tag: Fox News

Marco Rubio to announce next campaign April 13

Jeff Atwater, David Jolly star at Pinellas GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

David Jolly takes Ryan Pate case to Fox News

Martin Dyckman: Reject bigotry and evil perpetrated in name of religion

Adam Weinstein: Don’t give a forum to defenders of torture

Mark O’Brien: O ROMEO, ROMEO, quit whining

Mitch Perry Report 11.21.14

Peter Schorsch: Supporters of losing candidate lose trust in process, study says

Daniel Tilson: Florida must enact its own bold immigration reform

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Twins are teens and mom is stressed