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Phil AmmannMay 2, 2016

In the mad dash to get federal funding for education reform, the accountability buzzword was bandied about as if simply replacing one system with another was going to magically transform public education into something better. Florida, a state that still refuses to accept Medicaid expansion funding, was one of the states that saw no problem […]

Darryl PaulsonApril 13, 2016

In 1868, Florida passed a law making it illegal for a “Negro man and a white woman … who are not married to each other … to habitually live in and occupy in the nighttime the same room.” Violation of the law was a second-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days in jail and […]

Mitch PerryMarch 29, 2016

The Democratic race for president is already pretty well decided, right? Hillary Clinton is at least 250 pledged delegates ahead of Bernie Sanders in the race for the nomination, and is up by more than 400 super delegates. That’s with 32 states having participated to date. The Sanders camp, though, is feeling very optimistic at […]

Mitch PerryMarch 23, 2016

Mark McKinnon is a man of many hats. Cowboy hats, that is, which is his signature look. He’s done a lot of things in his life, but he’ll probably always be best known for his association as an ad man for George W. Bush‘s presidential campaigns. He’s also the co-creator, co-executive producer and co-host of “The Circus,” a weekly […]

Darryl PaulsonMarch 2, 2016

In a recent interview with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Donald Trump was asked if he would disavow David Duke, the KKK and other white supremacist groups. The week before, former Klansman and white supremacist Duke urged his supporters to back Trump, saying that voting for anyone but Trump “is really treason […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 17, 2016

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 3, has created an opportunity for both the executive and legislative branches to work together. If they can’t, American politics will face a crisis of enormous magnitude. That is how serious the situation has become. Whether liberal or conservative, most agree that Scalia was a […]

Darryl PaulsonFebruary 16, 2016

The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 3, has created an opportunity for both the executive and legislative branches to work together. If they can’t, American politics will face a crisis of enormous magnitude. That is how serious the situation has become. Whether liberal or conservative, most agree that Scalia was a […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 6, 2016

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The days are getting shorter for Jeb Bush to make his case in New Hampshire. In Bedford on Saturday morning in his only campaign appearance of the day, the former Florida Governor spoke to a packed auditorium at McKelvie Intermediate School, where he once again laid out his pitch on why he’s the most capable […]

Bob SparksJanuary 21, 2016

On Monday we celebrated the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Tuesday, Dr. King’s son, Martin Luther King III, was in Tallahassee for an important civil rights cause in Florida. The issue of education is front and center in today’s discussion of civil rights. The opportunity to have a better life […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015

A key difference between the Senate campaigns of Rep. Ron DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera: the endorsements they roll out. DeSantis has been heavy on big national names, whereas Lopez-Cantera’s list has been heavy on local and state Republicans, as seen with Tuesday morning’s rollout of endorsements from people who arguably know him best: Republicans […]

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John Meeks, Jr.: It’s time to reform education reform

Darryl Paulson: Never mix love and government

Mitch Perry Report for 3.29.16 – Bernie Sanders camp says Hillary Clinton a “weak front-runner”

Mark McKinnon says The Circus will evolve when presidential race becomes two-person contest

Darryl Paulson: Donald Trump, David Duke and the KKK

Darryl Paulson: The Antonin Scalia battle: The stakes have seldom been as high

Darryl Paulson: The Antonin Scalia battle: The stakes have seldom been as high

Jeb Bush’s NH fans worry he doesn’t have enough passion

Bob Sparks: Black leaders to the teachers’ union: Drop the suit

Carlos Lopez-Cantera rolls out big South Florida/Miami-Dade endorsements