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Martin DyckmanNovember 15, 2015

Remember “freedom fries?” That was how some Americans expressed their spite toward France when that nation, with vastly more experience than ours in the Middle East, wisely declined the opportunity to participate in George W. Bush’s ego-driven war on Iraq. There was a congresswoman from Florida who called for exhuming our military graves and bringing […]

Diane RobertsNovember 15, 2015

For reasons that do us no credit, Americans find it easy to insult the French. Perhaps we hate their freedoms – their freedom to live for something other than money, their freedom to enjoy food and sex minus 400 years of Protestant guilt. We call the French “cheese-eating surrender monkeys;” we sneer at John Kerry […]

Associated PressNovember 12, 2015

Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has maintained a business relationship with a close friend convicted of defrauding insurance companies and testified on his behalf, even as the candidate has called for such crimes to be punished harshly. Pittsburgh dentist Alfonso A. Costa pleaded guilty to a felony count of health care fraud after an FBI […]

Jim RosicaNovember 10, 2015

The outside lawyer for the Florida House of Representatives argued in a legal brief against a set of suggested congressional district boundaries in part by saying there’s no legal requirement “to create the ‘best’ possible districts.” George Meros, a Tallahassee attorney who also represented then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential recount, says the court […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2015

In a crowded six-way race to be the Republican to succeed Janet Adkins in House District 11, former Duval County Supervisor of Elections employee Sheri Treadwell stands out for a couple of reasons. For one thing, she’s the only woman in the race. For another thing, she’s the only person in the race with experience […]

Mitch PerryNovember 5, 2015

I received a text message Wednesday night saying that the Tampa Bay Sierra Club had embraced Hillsborough County Commission Chairwoman Sandy Murman‘s late-hour plan to fund transportation projects, which sounds like a larger-size version of what the club sought this past summer. You remember, it asked the county to began raising mobility fees and the […]

Marc YachtNovember 3, 2015

Republican antics may play well to Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and their listeners, but can such bleating muster the votes to win a national election? Judging by the latest GOP effort to embarrass Hillary Clinton with another Benghazi investigation, the 11-hour marathon found itself out of step even with some of its own party faithful. […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 2, 2015

As the prospects for President Jeb Bush fade, his fans should consider a fallback plan: U.S. Sen. Jeb Bush, R-Florida. That goal has many advantages. It allows Jeb to concentrate on a single state, and a state that knows him better than Iowa or New Hampshire. He has higher name recognition in Florida than any […]

Jac VerSteegNovember 1, 2015

As the prospects for President Jeb Bush fade, his fans should consider a fallback plan: U.S. Sen. Jeb Bush, R-Florida. That goal has many advantages. It allows Jeb to concentrate on a single state, and a state that knows him better than Iowa or New Hampshire. He has higher name recognition in Florida than any […]

Associated PressOctober 26, 2015

Former President George W. Bush on Monday assured top donors to his brother’s presidential campaign that Jeb Bush will be a “fierce competitor” in the 2016 race for the White House and argued his experience as Florida’s governor will ultimately win over voters. The idea that “experience matters” was the theme of an on-stage conversation […]

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Martin Dyckman: The road to Middle East stability isn’t through war

Diane Roberts: Stop the French-bashing; we owe them

Ben Carson profits from ties with convicted felon

House lawyer: Congressional districts don’t need to be perfect

HD 11 Sheri Treadwell: “I’m probably the most conservative candidate in the race.”

Mitch Perry Report for 11.5.15 – A Hillsborough transportation plan without a sales tax?

Dr. Marc J. Yacht: The GOP agenda and other fantasies

Jac VerSteeg: What if Jeb Bush ran for U.S. Senate instead?

Jac VerSteeg: What if Jeb ran for U.S. Senate instead?

Jeb Bush gets tout from brother as campaign focuses on Marco Rubio