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Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2016

The OMG moment tucked itself among the scone recipe, the adorable kitten video and the wing-nut screeds in my Facebook feed. There it was: The account of Gloria Steinem’s and Madeleine Albright’s speculations that today’s young women were failing to show up for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton because (a) they’d rather be where the […]

Guest AuthorAugust 21, 2014

When a telephone and a stamp were the social media of choice, smacking down trolls was pretty simple: hang up or toss it in the trash can. It could have been that simple in the wicked web world. Today, it’s easy to troll. A handful of keystrokes, dump, run, repeat. The anonymity, the ease of […]

Guest AuthorJuly 20, 2014

Probably not time to order the cake or get those wedding attire alterations done, but if you’re a-hankering for a gussied up Key West wedding, you’d better book the venue. On Thursday, 16th District Circuit Court Judge Luis Garcia pulled the first thread that will unravel the Florida straightjacket prohibiting marriage equality. Garcia overturned the […]

Guest AuthorJune 9, 2014

You’ve got to celebrate incremental victories when you’re dealing with the Florida Legislature and its National Rifle Association sycophants. Between state Republicans drunk on their collective brand of toddler “I do it,” and the NRA’s determination to arm Floridians for their jaunts to the big box stores and burger joints, Florida shares with Texas pride […]

Guest AuthorMay 29, 2014

Now that Facebook and television talking heads are done with Memorial Day, I’m thinking it’s OK to spin off a mini-rant. Let’s start with this: Memorial Day and Veterans Day are not the same thing. Ditto the Fourth of July, which, along with the other two, is morphing into a “we love folks in uniform” […]

Guest AuthorMay 15, 2014

On May 7, four Key West city commissioners outnumbered the other three and made one of those decisions that rankles days later, can’t be explained in anything other than snarky political sarcasm and will likely haunt the city for years to come. They brought back twice-a-week garbage pickup. Oh, I know, you’re sitting there thinking […]

Guest AuthorOctober 13, 2013

On Oct. 1, Key West thumbed its collective nose at cruise ships and turned its back on an almost $90 million annual revenue stream. By saying “no” to a feasibility and environmental impact study, voters made it clear: no study, no dredging, no widening, no cruise ships — and while you’re at it, no ticky-tacky […]

Tag: Linda Grist Cunningham

Linda Grist Cunningham: Boomer women shouldn’t fret that younger women are making their own political decisions

Linda Grist Cunningham: Web trolls are winning because the rest of us won’t smack them down

Linda Cunningham: It’s time to think about booking Key West for gay weddings

Linda Grist Cunningham: You’ve got to celebrate judge’s ruling on local gun control

Linda Grist Cunningham: It matters when three holidays morph into one

Linda Grist Cunningham: Trash talk: What were Key West commissioners thinking?

Linda Grist Cunningham: Key West risks long-term economic decline