Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2019
11min1833
I’ve got news for you — there is nothing progressive about anti-Semitism.
Tag: JewishMike Johnson. Image via AP.
Guest AuthorDecember 12, 2019
A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2019
8min8431
The first bill signed in Florida history on foreign soil.
Scott PowersDecember 13, 2018
8min462
An international backlash against Airbnb’s November decision to not work with Israeli rental home hosts in Israel’s West Bank settlements is emerging in Florida with Surfside declaring the vacation rental home marketing platform is in violation of its law and Miami set to follow with a resolution condemning the company. The municipalities’ backlash comes after Airbnb […]
Scott PowersJune 14, 2018
13min1219
The old adage says everything a candidate has ever said, written, or done, and everything he has ever been becomes fair game once he’s running for public office. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King is wrestling with that now, wrestling with a single quote that could be read with anti-Semitic overtones, attributed to him back when […]
Guest AuthorDecember 22, 2015
7min608
Donald Trump, who may very well become our next president, is being accused of Hitlerism. By the time this column appears, the charges may have been dismissed. Or confirmed. Whichever way it goes, it behooves all of us to think about Hitler and Trump, and how they compare. For younger readers and those who may […]
Guest AuthorDecember 21, 20157min270
Donald Trump, who may very well become our next president, is being accused of Hitlerism. By the time this column appears, the charges may have been dismissed. Or confirmed. Whichever way it goes, it behooves all of us to think about Hitler and Trump, and how they compare. For younger readers and those who may […]
Martin DyckmanNovember 23, 2015
8min245
The letters, mailed from Vienna in the summer of 1938, spoke of enthusiasm and hopefulness at the prospect of coming to the United States. Nothing revealed the reason except for the stationery that had been hand-altered to show a new address. It was a few months after Hitler had taken over and life was becoming […]
Martin DyckmanNovember 22, 20158min312
The letters, mailed from Vienna in the summer of 1938, spoke of enthusiasm and hopefulness at the prospect of coming to the United States. Nothing revealed the reason except for the stationery that had been hand-altered to show a new address. It was a few months after Hitler had taken over and life was becoming […]
Guest AuthorOctober 13, 2015
5min593
The Holocaust must never be forgotten. “For the dead and the living we must bear witness,” said Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel. Fewer and fewer survivors are left to tell the story. Now the children and grandchildren who heard their accounts directly from them must leave a permanent memorial, not simply for the survivors, […]
Guest AuthorApril 29, 2015
6min204
I grew up in a segregated community in Florida and attended supposedly “separate but equal” schools in a small town that had separate water fountains, bathrooms and even beaches, among other restrictions. We were expected to cross the street when a white woman was approaching and never look a white man in the eyes – […]