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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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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