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A.G. GancarskiOctober 15, 2015

In a statement on Thursday, Representative Corrine Brown said that she stood by President Barack Obama when it comes to the continued American military presence in Afghanistan. “I strongly support our brave troops and the mission they were sent to achieve in Afghanistan. Given that the Taliban have now spread throughout the majority of the […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 11, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott released a brief statement Friday saying news of a terrorist group sympathizer being from Florida was “infuriating.” Scott’s office said Joshua Ryne Goldberg of Orange Park was charged with “attempting to plant a bomb at a September 11th memorial ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend.” According to Fox News and CBS, Goldberg presented […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 2, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham on Wednesday called fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump‘s solution to destroy the Islamic State militant and terrorist group “the biggest recruiting opportunity in the (group’s) history.” Graham, a U.S. senator from South Carolina, appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. He also said he agreed with former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was on […]

Peter SchorschJuly 28, 2015

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has already raised more than $12 million for his White House bid. Outside groups aligned with Rubio have raised twice that. In other words, there’s little doubt that Rubio’s White House bid has the financial resources to last (at least) until Florida’s March 15 presidential primary. And yet … How soon […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2015

Amid the flotsam of a journalism instructor’s desk at the end of a hectic academic year – strewn business cards, papers never picked up by students, memos, meeting notes, neon pink paper clips and half a pack of Ice Blue breath mints – lies a stub of a burned-out candle. “Every journalist has talismans,’’ says […]

Associated PressApril 15, 2015

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched his Republican presidential campaign this week with a promise to reject “the leaders and ideas of the past.” It was a not-so-subtle jab from a 43-year-old fresh-faced senator at his likely 2016 competitors, Republican Jeb Bush and Democrat Hillary Clinton, whose families cemented political dynasties in the 1990s. A closer […]

Associated PressApril 1, 2015

A Florida state representative is using the threat of the Islamic State group to advance a bill that could make it harder for people to find addresses and telephone numbers of military service members, their spouses and children. The House Local & Federal Affairs Committee unanimously approved the bill Wednesday. It now goes to the […]

Phil AmmannMarch 18, 2015

Bill Day’s latest casts a critical eye on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the 2016 presidential wannabe who has a serious issue with his grasp of foreign policy, namely in regards to Iran. The Republican Senator from Florida, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was part of a recent hearing called “The President’s Request […]

Phil AmmannMarch 18, 2015

Bill Day’s latest casts a critical eye on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, the 2016 presidential wannabe who has a serious issue with his grasp of foreign policy, namely in regards to Iran. The Republican Senator from Florida, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was part of a recent hearing called “The President’s Request […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 22, 2015

Appalled, perplexed, baffled, mystified, angry. Any of these words captures how I feel upon reading story after story about the rise of anti-Semitism, especially in Europe. I am mindful of George Santayana’s adage, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Apparently that condemnation includes us all. We continue to see […]

Tag: Islamic State

Corrine Brown supports continued Afghanistan military action

Rick Scott “infuriated” by Florida tie to terrorist group

Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump plan is ‘biggest recruiting opportunity’ for Islamic State

Peter Schorsch: Marco Rubio’s favorite son mantle wearing thin

Rick Brunson: A journalist’s life snuffed out reminds us to ‘Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way’

Marco Rubio draws from past despite future focus

Islamic State group cited as need for records exemption

Bill Day's latest: Marco Rubio and his shaky grasp of foreign policy

Bill Day’s latest: Marco Rubio and his shaky grasp of foreign policy

Ed Moore: Are we Condemned to relive the anti-Semitic 1930s?