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Guest AuthorAugust 26, 2014

Floridians voted yesterday. But it hardly mattered. Worse than gerrymandered, Florida’s voting districts have now been “terrymandered,” thanks to Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis. The whole sordid affair is enough to make a manic-depressive out of all Floridians who care about clean government. For a euphoric nanosecond, it looked like Florida was about to enjoy […]

Guest AuthorJune 2, 2014

Amidst the Memorial Day barbecues, shopping sprees, sporting events and endless miles of “are we there yet?” there were speeches and commentaries to remind us of the fallen and the freedoms they died to protect. Typically, these tributes mentioned the rights specified in the Constitution: religion, speech, assembly and press. U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross wrote […]

Guest AuthorOctober 29, 2013

Earlier this month, one of the country’s great politicians of our day, Congressman Bill Young, died while serving his 22nd term in office. Young was a career politician, the longest serving Republican in the House of Representatives. He was remembered as a devoted public servant, eulogized not only as an important advocate for the American […]

Guest AuthorOctober 10, 2013

I don’t really have a representative in Congress. I mean, I do live in Florida’s First Congressional District, and technically Jeff Miller is my guy. I’m just not his. Not one he really needs to care about, anyway. Don’t get me wrong; he does some things I like. However, even if I hated every position […]

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Donald Trump in Manhattan. Image via AP.

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