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Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 29, 2015

The first Florida presidential primary that ever mattered was intended to enhance Sen. Edmund Muskie’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. It dealt him a staggering defeat instead. Florida Republican leaders might want to consider that example before structuring next year’s primary as a winner-take-all clincher for former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. For […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 29, 2015

The first Florida presidential primary that ever mattered was intended to enhance Sen. Edmund Muskie’s campaign for the Democratic nomination. It dealt him a staggering defeat instead. Florida Republican leaders might want to consider that example before structuring next year’s primary as a winner-take-all clincher for former Gov. Jeb Bush or Sen. Marco Rubio. For […]

Susan ClaryFebruary 16, 2015

I finally saw “Selma.” The Oscar-nominated film depicts Dr. Martin Luther King’s push for passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act – the federal legislation that was a crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement. Many protesters, both black and white, were sacrificed during the brutal efforts to make the 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, […]

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Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians’ racist “dog whistles”

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians' racist 'dog whistles'

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all primary could backfire on Florida GOP

Martin Dyckman: Winner-take-all primary could backfire on Florida GOP

Susan Clary: Future 'Selma' will depict gay-rights struggle