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Guest AuthorJuly 10, 2014

Recently, I was in line at a grocery store reading my e-mail when another bored shopper, tired of looking at the tabloids for sale, looked over my shoulder and saw “Say Yes to Amendment 2” at the top of a letter from United for Care on my iPhone “Why the hell should I vote or […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2014

Here is some good news for folks seeking to enter an Ivy-League college and bad news for those seeking minimum-wage work. Harvard is accepting a higher percentage of its applicants than McDonalds is hiring for its minimum-wage positions. According to CBS2 Chicago, at a recent National Hiring Day, McDonald’s hired only 6.2 percent of those […]

Guest AuthorJune 19, 2014

Walt Disney World is without a doubt an amazing enterprise. In creating a place built on fantasy, nostalgia and imagination, it is truly Florida’s jewel. One of the largest employers in Florida, Disney is responsible for the influx of millions of tourists to our state and billions in revenue. Even our small attempts at state-wide […]

Guest AuthorJune 2, 2014

Income inequality hovers over our economy like the mother ship from “Independence Day.” It affects millions of individual Americans and the nation as a whole. The problems are systemic, spread out in a web across a wide variety of industries, with interactions, causes and consequences. All you have to do is follow the threads to […]

Guest AuthorMay 22, 2014

In the process of doing what they believe is right, Microsoft unwittingly has given gifts to hackers and virus creators for years. Anyone who has used a Windows operating system for the last 20 years is used to seeing an endless series of “Security Updates” constantly being downloaded and installed, even after Microsoft has already […]

Guest AuthorMay 13, 2014

Here’s a quick quiz: the Charlotte’s Web bill that the Legislature passed in the last days of the session is: a) An avalanche b) A “Pandora’s box” c) The first step to legalizing recreational marijuana in Florida d) A harbinger of a vast industry that will let thousands of starry-eyed investors make a ton of […]

Guest AuthorMay 1, 2014

In the 1983 movie, “War Games,” a young Matthew Broderick tries to hack into computer game development sites and accidently uses his dial-up modem to enter the Department of Defense mainframe. There he gets the computer charged with activating Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, to start playing a simulation game of “global thermonuclear war.” As […]

Guest AuthorMarch 30, 2014

Florida is ground zero for the weird and unusual, but there are many people, places and events that Florida can point to with pride: Gov. Reubin Askew, our world-class beaches, beautiful wetlands, Disney World, Gasparilla and our universities’ title-winning athletic teams. But George Zimmerman is not something we’re proud of. For those people who have […]

Guest AuthorMarch 19, 2014

There is a new war between the states — in the south. This is not, as some of my southern friends call it, a “war of northern aggression.” This war is between the states and the federal government. Comedian Jon Stewart recently joked that state governments are the “Meth Lab of Democracy.” But sometimes, the […]

Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2014

Many of us have heard the facts and figures regarding Medicaid Expansion in Florida. It would cover 1.2 million people who are now uninsured. The federal government would provide $51 billion to Florida over the next 10 years to offset most of the cost. For the first three years, the federal government pays the entire […]

Tag: Gary Stein

Gary Stein: Why I support Amendment 2: Because of my story, stories of others

Gary Stein: Competition for low-wage jobs hurts kids looking for summer work

Gary Stein: Behind the Disney magic, reality bites back for those who work there

Gary Stein: When CEO earns 365 times more than workers, everyone gets hurt

Gary Stein: ‘Vote No on 2’ is unwittingly helping the amendment work

Gary Stein: Do you understand the Charlotte’s Web bill? Take this quiz

Gary Stein: The new Cold War — Florida style

Gary Stein: Time to make George Zimmerman disappear

Gary Stein: The new war between the states and the federal government

Gary Stein: Corcoran and Bean may stonewall Medicaid expansion bill