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Martin DyckmanDecember 4, 2015

“Another day in the United States of America. Another day of gunfire, panic and fear. This time in the city of San Bernardino in California, where a civic building was apparently under attack.” That is the voice, tinged with sorrow and shock, of a BBC reporter describing yet another day in America. Just another day […]

Martin DyckmanDecember 3, 2015

“Another day in the United States of America. Another day of gunfire, panic and fear. This time in the city of San Bernardino in California, where a civic building was apparently under attack.” That is the voice, tinged with sorrow and shock, of a BBC reporter describing yet another day in America. Just another day […]

Guest AuthorJuly 24, 2015

In one way, supporters and detractors of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson agree: He’s a lightning rod. The Republican Party of Florida loves this about him because it provides fresh material for attack ads; partisans because he revs them up. The Democratic establishment hates it because it screws up the possibility of having a clean, organized, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 23, 2015

In one way, supporters and detractors of U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson agree: He’s a lightning rod. The Republican Party of Florida loves this about him because it provides fresh material for attack ads; partisans because he revs them up. The Democratic establishment hates it because it screws up the possibility of having a clean, organized, […]

Martin DyckmanNovember 6, 2014

It can no longer be said that the country is going to hell. We have arrived. The worst disappointment isn’t the re-election of the kleptocrat Rick Scott, or U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan’s defeat by a Koch stooge in North Carolina, or even the fact that Ted Cruz is now running amok in a Senate majority. […]

Guest AuthorOctober 23, 2013

“The absence of articulate political leadership in the country makes us feel that we are floundering,” the great Saul Bellow wrote in a piece for Forbes — in 1972. Richard Nixon was president, a reminder that even in the worst of times, if the nation could survive that knave, it’s not about to be sunk […]

Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2013

It struck me as I was buying my morning Diet Coke at the Quick-Stop today. Spreading like kudzu is the sentiment “THROW THEM ALL OUT!” I have been hearing this increasingly from friends, colleagues, people in grocery stores, social media postings, and now the guy who takes my money every morning when I buy my […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 22, 2013

“May you live in interesting times,” an oft-used phrase that is often misunderstood. Many people assume that “interesting” means entertaining and pleasant. In reality, it is not a blessing at all. The intent of the statement is to wish you the pleasure of living in chaotic and troubling times in the belief that disorder is […]

Martin Dyckman: Insanity fueled by fraud keeps on killing

Martin Dyckman: Insanity fueled by fraud keeps on killing

Chris Timmons: Politics is organized around passion — so Florida Democrats need Alan Grayson

Chris Timmons: Politics is organized around passion — so Florida Democrats need Alan Grayson

Martin Dyckman: This is what’s worse: Now we auction our government to the highest bidders

Pierre Tristam: It’s time to get rid of Florida’s suicide Republicans

Ed Moore: ‘Throwing the bums out’ feels good, but it’s lazy

Ed Moore: Interesting times that try men’s souls