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Guest AuthorNovember 17, 2015

You no doubt feel overwhelmed by the reporting and commentary after this past Friday’s slaughter in Paris. A lot of smart people have written about the brutality of the attacks, the complexities of the ISIS threat and the West’s response. To simplify things, I’ve drafted sobering answers to basic questions I suspect many of you […]

Julie DelegalNovember 17, 2015

Nine-eleven. Eleven-thirteen. These are days we’ll remember. Friday’s psychotic mass killings in Paris shook the Western world. The president of the United States has spoken. Where we might have been interested before, where we might have been engaged, we are now invested. My young friends tell me that we’re less outraged by the murders of […]

Julie DelegalNovember 16, 2015

Nine-eleven. Eleven-thirteen. These are days we’ll remember. Friday’s psychotic mass killings in Paris shook the Western world. The president of the United States has spoken. Where we might have been interested before, where we might have been engaged, we are now invested. My young friends tell me that we’re less outraged by the murders of […]

Associated PressNovember 16, 2015

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Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio says Israel’s fight against terrorism is the same one being fought by the United States and Europe. The Florida senator spoke in Miami Beach during a large rally in support of Israel and against anti-Semitism. He says the threat to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is the same as the threat […]

Jac VerSteegOctober 19, 2015

In his recent entertaining column on Context Florida my former boss, Tom O’Hara, reported from The Associated Press Legislative Planning Session in Tallahassee that Gov. Rick Scott’s central message was: “It’s the year of the manufacturer.” I agree with Scott. But I am not attaching quite the same meaning to his words as the governor […]

Jac VerSteegOctober 18, 2015

In his recent entertaining column on Context Florida my former boss, Tom O’Hara, reported from The Associated Press Legislative Planning Session in Tallahassee that Gov. Rick Scott’s central message was: “It’s the year of the manufacturer.” I agree with Scott. But I am not attaching quite the same meaning to his words as the governor […]

Phil AmmannOctober 9, 2015

Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam travels to Tel Aviv this weekend to take part in a discussion on strategies for the world’s water and ecological systems. WATEC Israel 2015 is a biennial conference and exhibition that brings together thousands of leading business executives, decision makers, and researchers, and features the latest technical innovations to develop new […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 2015

The U.S. House is expected to vote this week on one of the most important nuclear weapons accords in history. I will vote against this deal because it jeopardizes the security of America and the world. Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and has a clear history of cheating on international arms inspections. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 9, 2015

Challenges facing the global water supply and innovative technologies to confront those problems will be considered by Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam next month at the biennial WATEC conference in Israel. “Florida is one of the fastest-growing regions in North America, and we face unique water resource management issues,” Putnam said in a prepared statement. […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015

As expected, Tampa-based Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor officially came out on Friday morning as a supporter of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran. And like virtually every other Democrat who has announced their support, she says the decision didn’t come lightly, and she knows that it’s not perfect. “I’ve spoken with sanctions experts and military […]

Tag: Israel

Tom O’Hara: Grim questions, sobering answers after Paris

Julie Delegal: Is luxury of peace now yielding to horror of war?

Julie Delegal: Is luxury of peace now yielding to horror of war?

Marco Rubio: Israel, Europe, U.S. in same fight against terrorism

Jac VerSteeg: Manufacturing lies is keeping campaigns alive

Jac VerSteeg: Manufacturing lies is keeping campaigns alive

Adam Putnam travels to Tel Aviv for international water conference

Vern Buchanan: Why I will vote against Iran deal

Ag Commissioner Adam Putnam to attend water conference in Israel

Kathy Castor latest House Democrat to come out in support of Iran nuclear deal