Associated PressJuly 2, 2023
12min0
Zachary Taylor's celebration ended the worst.
Tag: Franklin RooseveltGabrielle Russon
Associated PressJuly 2, 2023
Staff ReportsJanuary 6, 2021
5min1735
Chuck Schumer says Jan. 6, 2021, will live in infamy.
Guest AuthorMay 18, 2020
6min524
It is the small change we need right now.
Blake DowlingJuly 21, 2018
8min410
I visited Ozark, Alabama last weekend to attend a family reunion at my grandfather’s childhood home, the Holman House. Holman House is a 15,000-square-foot historic landmark built by hand (with no electricity) in 1912 by a small team of local master craftsman. A truly amazing feat, if you think about it. The house sits directly across […]
Michael MolineFebruary 14, 2018
5min428
A bill OK’d Wednesday would clear the way for a likeness of Florida educator and activist Mary McLeod Bethune to replace one of a Confederate general representing Florida in the U.S. Capitol. The House Appropriations Committee unanimously cleared the measure (HB 139), making it available for the floor. The Senate version (SB 472) also cleared the floor […]
Mitch PerryNovember 15, 20178min520
A likeness of educator and civil-rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune is one step closer to replacing a statue of a Confederate general as one of Florida’s two representatives in the U.S. Capitol. On Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill (SB 472) to replace the statue of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith with Bethune, who lived 1875-1955. Only Sen. Dennis Baxley, an Ocala […]
Mitch PerryOctober 10, 2017
4min348
A Florida House committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would replace a statue of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith with one of Mary McLeod Bethune in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. The House Government Accountability Committee passed the proposal offered by Daytona Beach Democrat Patrick Henry (HB 139) with just one dissenting vote (from Jacksonville Rep. Jay […]
Martin DyckmanJanuary 30, 2017
8min204
An open letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Gentlemen: It was wisdom rather than whim that guided the founders of our nation in separating the powers of government with a system of checks and balances. As James Madison remarked in The Federalist 47, “the accumulation of all powers … […]
Darryl PaulsonJanuary 19, 2017
6min368
(Part 2 of the Obama legacy) With the inauguration of Donald Trump, it is a good time to review the electoral impact of eight years of the Obama White House. One of the impacts is the election of Trump which surprised the entire political universe. Whatever Obama may have achieved in public policy, it is […]
Jac VerSteegApril 5, 2016
9min251
It’s bugging me that Florida, now the third-most populous state, never has managed to get a Floridian elected president. It looked like there was a great chance this year, with Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio starting out as strong possibles. Even Ben Carson looked like he had a shot at one time. But each saw […]