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Darryl PaulsonMay 6, 2016

(First of three parts) With Donald Trump‘s victory in Indiana and the withdrawal of his last two opponents, he is assured a first-ballot victory at the July convention in Cleveland. The good news is there will be no riots, as Trump threatened with a deadlocked convention. The bad news is Donald Trump is the Republican […]

Darryl PaulsonMay 5, 2016

(First of three parts) With Donald Trump’s victory in Indiana and the withdrawal of his last two opponents, he Is assured a first ballot victory at the July convention in Cleveland. The good news is that there will be no riots as Trump threatened with a deadlocked convention. The bad news is that Donald Trump […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2016

A team of scholars from Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Munich recently made a startling discovery: Florida delivers better bang-for-buck in K-12 education than any other state in the nation. And it isn’t even close. This finding is apt to surprise many Floridians who’ve grown accustomed to hearing our state’s education establishment claim that […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2015

At one point, a black university (generally known as historically black colleges and universities: HBCU) was comparable to a high school in academic worth, even aspiration. Schools had to attempt a Herculean struggle to give black students something that amounted to an education because of Jim Crow intransigence. But once black schools got free of […]

Melissa RossNovember 16, 2015

The former US military commander in the Middle East is appearing in North Florida this week and giving his insights on how world powers should respond to the deadly attacks in Paris from the Islamic State. John Abizaid, the retired U.S. Army general who served as U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander from 2003-2007, will speak Tuesday […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2015

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Harvard Law professor and Democratic presidential candidate Lawrence Lessig is up with his first television ad, and in it, he slams Marco Rubio‘s alliance with major corporations that are backing his candidacy for president. Lessig’s odds of capturing the nomination may be more remote than Martin O’Malley‘s, but because he began raising money this summer […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2015

If Republican primary politics are all about reaching out to the conservative base, then on paper, Jacksonville-area Congressman Ron DeSantis should be a strong contender as the GOP Senate nominee in 2016. The Sunshine State native (who grew up in the quaint Pinellas County town of Dunedin) has only been in elected office for three years, […]

Mitch PerryJuly 1, 2015

Envy is considered one of the seven deadly sins in Christianity. It’s something that would be ideal if we didn’t occasionally suffer from, but it’s all too human for us to do so. I don’t know if it’s something I read or heard years ago, but when it comes to money (like sex), I always […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Plant City Republican Josh Burgin, who been on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) since February 2012, said Monday that he will leave the agency on July 1 to pursue a degree at the Harvard School of Government. “Three years ago, you gave me a specific charge to ‘protect the taxpayer,'” Burgin wrote last […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2014

Here is some good news for folks seeking to enter an Ivy-League college and bad news for those seeking minimum-wage work. Harvard is accepting a higher percentage of its applicants than McDonalds is hiring for its minimum-wage positions. According to CBS2 Chicago, at a recent National Hiring Day, McDonald’s hired only 6.2 percent of those […]

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Darryl Paulson: Donald Trump the demagogue: Have you no sense of decency?

Darryl Paulson: Donald the demagogue: Have you no sense of decency?

William Mattox: Bang-for-buck study should inform Florida’s per-pupil spending debate

Chris Timmons: Perhaps “lesser schools” do alright

Retired Gen. John Abizaid speaks in Jacksonville on American role in fight against ISIS

Lawrence Lessig pounds Marco Rubio in first TV ad

Ron DeSantis admits GOP faithful are “demoralized, depressed and dejected” at D.C. Republicans

Mitch Perry Report for 7.1.15 – The politics of envy and being relatable

Josh Burgin leaves HART board to attend Harvard

Gary Stein: Competition for low-wage jobs hurts kids looking for summer work