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Martin DyckmanFebruary 4, 2014

If there’s one rule that really matters in politics, it’s this: Don’t let best be the enemy of good. Otherwise, both are likely to lose. For people who favor universal health insurance — as I do — Obamacare was a hard swallow. It falls far short of covering everybody. It’s too complex, guaranteeing that there […]

Guest AuthorDecember 17, 2013

“Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Being the father of a 15-year-old, married for 22 years, and a person who passionately hates to attend funerals because they are so morbid, my first reaction to seeing President Obama’s now infamous […]

Guest AuthorNovember 21, 2013

Trey Radel, we barely knew you long enough to spell your name correctly (I fact-checked the spelling at least three times while writing this column). I don’t know what surprises me more: that a member of Congress was caught buying cocaine in DuPont Circle (he was actually arrested at his apartment), that his dealer rolled […]

Darryl PaulsonNovember 17, 2013

At his Nov. 14 news conference, President Obama proposed a “temporary fix” to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in an attempt to stop the growing public criticism of the president and to stop Democrats from jumping ship. “We fumbled the rollout on the health care law. . . If I fumble the ball, you know, […]

Guest AuthorNovember 11, 2013

It was a cool blustery morning at Albert Whitted Park in St. Petersburg. It had taken us well over an hour to travel there through the frustrating traffic of Tampa and across the bay to Pinellas County. I could hear the traffic — sirens, tires screeching and the occasional horns of impatient drivers. It was […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 6, 2013

It’s almost possible to feel sorry for John Boehner. The once-powerful Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, a man of proven substance, finds himself cast as a helpless figurehead in a drama with potentially tragic consequences for himself and his country. If he’s to be rehabilitated, if the country is to be saved, it’s […]

Daniel TilsonSeptember 17, 2013

In a move some will see as vain, in vain, or both, Gov. Rick Scott Monday sent a letter to U.S. congressional leaders sounding the identity-theft alarm that only opponents of Obamacare seem to find in any way alarming. The letter addressed to Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid […]

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Fallen Trooper Zachary Fink is remembered with a Port St. Lucie post office.

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Steve Kurlander: I found the Obama ‘selfie’ refreshing, beneficial

Jamie Miller: Hey Trey, you hurt yourself, your district, the state, the House

Darryl Paulson: The Obamacare mess keeps getting messier

Monique Stein: The governor’s race as ‘seen’ by a blind Floridian

Martin Dyckman: Try coalition politics; it may tame the ‘suicide caucus’

Daniel Tilson: Scott ups anti-Obamacare ante with letter to Congress