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Guest AuthorJanuary 14, 2016

Oh, it’s not good looking for the citizens of Florida. The Florida Legislature is back in session, and nothing is likely to get done. Don’t take this columnist’s word for it. Go to the state’s Capitol building in Tallahassee, specifically, on the fourth floor, pull up a camping chair and talk with the fourth branch […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 13, 2016

On Tuesday night, Jacksonville’s City Council’s public comment was wall to wall HRO for over three hours. On Wednesday afternoon, the co-sponsor (with Republican Aaron Bowman) of an ordinance expanding the HRO to the LGBT community, Tommy Hazouri, spoke to a Democratic women’s group about the urgency of the effort. Speaking to the Democratic Women’s Information Network, Councilman […]

Guest AuthorOctober 30, 2015

The first e-mail I received from Gerald Ensley was in reply to one I had sent him. I wrote something complimentary about a column he wrote, and he wrote something back in compliment about my writing (around this time, circa 2007, I would write occasional letters to the editor or submit an occasional column to […]

Guest AuthorOctober 29, 2015

The first e-mail I received from Gerald Ensley was in reply to one I had sent him. I wrote something complimentary about a column he wrote, and he wrote something back in compliment about my writing (around this time, circa 2007, I would write occasional letters to the editor or submit an occasional column to […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 28, 2015

There hasn’t been a presidential candidate as fat-headed, obnoxious and unqualified as Donald Trump. Yet more Republicans seem to favor him than any of the others. That says as much about them as about him. H. L. Mencken, who coined the term “booboisie” for voters with similar tastes, had an explanation for such phenomena. “I […]

Guest AuthorJuly 2, 2015

The teacher who taught state Rep. Erik Fresen, R-Miami, his ABCs, if he or she were around, should certainly regret it. Because — astonishingly, or maybe not — Fresen believes that the insights gleaned from a casual reading during a long airplane flight (Amanda Ripley’s “The Smartest Kids in the World,” according to Fresen) entitles […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 9, 2014

De facto, the United States has devolved into a theocracy. Religion — or, more exactly what a relative handful of schemers has perpetrated in the name of religion — has trashed the Constitution. The Founders would be appalled. But, either because they are afraid of burning in hell or, more importantly, not getting or staying […]

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