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Guest AuthorNovember 23, 2015

Oh, geez. The governor of Florida has permanently foreclosed the possibility that people will ever take him as anything other than a fool. Here are the facts: Gov. Rick Scott says it would be dangerous for Florida to accept 425 (though that is, in fact, unknown but Scott clings to it) Syrian refugees because of […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2015

The revelation that one of the men involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris entered Europe with a Syrian passport was enough evidence to convince 23 governors (all Republican, with the exception of New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, involved in a tight bid for re-election) yesterday to say that they don’t want the federal government to expatriate […]

Diane RobertsOctober 7, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Diane RobertsOctober 6, 2015

In case there’s anyone left who thinks ¿Jeb? Bush is a fine man running a fine campaign for president, I give you his remarks after the latest mass shooting, this one in Oregon: “I don’t think that more government is necessarily the answer to this,” he said. “I think we need to reconnect ourselves with […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 16, 2015

In our Declaration of Independence it’s written that all people have certain unalienable rights, including “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” As Americans, we strive for equality and opportunity. We are taught to treat everyone justly and with respect, for everyone is equal. We are taught to “ask not what your country can do […]

Julie DelegalAugust 17, 2015

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush abandons his Paleolithic diet by eating a fried Snickers bar in Iowa, feminists everywhere wish he’d abandon his stone-age ideology, too. Bush wants to “publicly shame” mothers who give birth out of wedlock, arguing that the lack of stigma is what causes illegitimate births. With apologies to Sam Cooke, […]

Marc YachtAugust 4, 2015

The pro-life proponents continue their efforts at fever pitch. Their success continues to chip away laws designed to protect the right of choice. The battle typically sets religious conservatives against women’s rights advocates. Although the violent nature of the anti-abortion crowd has settled for protests and not killings of late, the confrontations at women’s clinics […]

Guest AuthorJuly 8, 2015

Much was recently made about President Barack Obama uttering “n—-r” during a Los Angeles interview Discussions on racism in America these days tend to much more visceral than intellectual in nature. The recent killings of churchgoers by a white supremacist in Charleston, S.C., not only shocked Americans, but provided the president, and the left, with […]

Marc YachtJuly 1, 2015

Many skeletons exist in Northern city closets espousing Black oppression. Black Northern migration after the Civil War is important history for all Americans to understand. The South has no lock on racism. However, the recent South Carolina church killings by a demented young white supremacist rekindles a stark realization. The fires of racial hatred remain […]

Mitch PerryJune 9, 2015

In Germany on Monday, President Barack Obama brushed off any concerns about what will happen if the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell this month. More than a million Floridians (and 6 million Americans overall) are vulnerable to losing their health insurance if the court rules against the Obama […]

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Chris Timmons: Refugee issue brings out Rick Scott’s inner xenophobe

Mitch Perry Report for 11.17.15 – No Syrian refugees, please

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

Diane Roberts: ¿Jeb? Bush comes up numb and dumb again

Elizabeth Santiago: We must be that 'shining city on the hill' for Syrian refugees

Julie Delegal: Jeb Bush vilifies unwed mothers, ignores economic reality

Marc Yacht: Pro-life, pro-choice combine to create lightning-rod issue

Steven Kurlander: Words and flags aside, we are not a racist nation

Marc Yacht: The Confederate flag must go!

PPP survey finds 62% of voters want ACA fixed if court axes subsidies