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Mitch PerryDecember 3, 2014

The latest conservative legislative lollapalooza sponsored by the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is taking place this week in Washington. The three day free-market policy summit features loads of Republican stars like Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn, and will include already-drafted legislation for Republican lawmakers to bring back to their home states. And with Republicans now […]

Guest AuthorOctober 22, 2014

A few years ago, at a play group when my children were toddlers, I heard from another mommy that local police published arrest records online. I was a stay-at-home mom and obviously bored — I was attending play groups. So, during my sons’ naptime, I thought it’d be fun to log into that website and […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 31, 2014

Like many an invention, the Internet is a tool in the service of both good and evil. Nothing but television rouses or riles the public as swiftly. But the Web makes no pretense of balance. The advantage goes to those who get there first. Although truth is the antidote to falsehood, the poison usually has […]

Daniel TilsonJune 24, 2014

It’s official. Forty-five legislative districts in Florida will feature coronations rather than elections come November. All hail participatory democracy in the Sunshine State! Actually, most of the coronations came just in time for Happy Hour last Friday, after the candidate-qualifying period for 2014 had officially closed at high noon. Ceremonies consisted mostly of email and […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 8, 2014

To be a teacher is to shove all housekeeping tasks to those tight windows of time when the grading goes away. All semester long, dirty laundry piles up. The lawn grows unchecked. And then, just after my semester ends in December, or May, or August, I schedule long-overdue oil changes and haircuts and dental appointments. […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 11/19/24-Rep. Judson Sapp, R-Green Cove Springs, takes the oath of office during Organizational Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

ALEC conference promises to shape legislative agendas in 2015

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Posting mug shots of everyone arrested is wrong

Martin Dyckman: The Internet often gives us lies at light speed

Daniel Tilson: Uncontested elections are un-American and unacceptable

Nathan Holic: The struggle to eliminate clutter in the digital age