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Bob SparksMay 26, 2014

Two weeks ago, Sen. Marco Rubio appeared on ABC’s “This Week.” He said a number of things, but this is what perked up the ears of America’s newshounds: “I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it.” The reaction was swift. Among […]

Martin DyckmanMay 12, 2014

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The dinosaurs and many lesser species became extinct in the blink of an archaeological moment some 65 million years ago. Scientists attribute that to an asteroid more than six miles wide striking the earth with climate-changing force. That was a warning. Our solar neighborhood is still perilous, teeming with asteroids. Smaller ones strike earth with […]

Daniel TilsonMay 10, 2014

An eye-opening new report makes clear there’s no “debate” about whether manmade, industrially driven climate change is happening. It is. And we’ve only just begun paying the price. The 2014 National Climate Assessment Report released this week was not the work of a liberal think tank or some environmental organization. It’s the third such exhaustive […]

Guest AuthorApril 29, 2014

A monkey should easily be able to drum Gov. Rick Scott out of office in November — unless it’s a Democrat. The donkey party is in danger of seizing defeat from the jaws of victory. They have a clear, fusion candidate in frontrunner Charlie Crist. And yet, instead of unifying behind him, some Democrats, even […]

Guest AuthorMarch 18, 2014

Sen. Marco Rubio, a potential presidential candidate in 2016, is trying to stimulate a serious discussion about the cost of government regulation and its impact on our economy. Rubio proposed last week a new way to examine the impact of regulations when he outlined new policy initiatives in an address sponsored by the Jack Kemp […]

Daniel TilsonMarch 10, 2014

There were some fascinating takeaways from the just-completed 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Rand Paul won the presidential straw poll for the second year in a row, up six points from last year to win going away with 31 percent. His win is no surprise, since the CPAC crowd is thick with younger libertarian-leaning […]

Guest AuthorMarch 10, 2014

Can someone give Sen. Marco Rubio some love? He certainly wasn’t getting much at the recent gathering of conservatives in the Washington suburbs despite his tough rhetoric. Rubio placed a dismal seventh at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in a straw poll of likely GOP presidential hopefuls. And he definitely wasn’t getting it from […]

Martin DyckmanMarch 4, 2014

Typical of its genre, Charlie Crist’s recently published campaign memoir, “The Party’s Over,” won’t be a convenient resource for historians. It has no footnotes and no index. Another characteristic of such books–indeed, of much autobiography–is a selective memory. There are some fairly obvious omissions in Crist’s, although fewer than I had expected to find. One […]

Mark FerruloFebruary 26, 2014

Beginning March 4, many Floridians will be focused on the legislative battles of the 2014 Legislative session. Many of us still can’t forget the 2012 session when state lawmakers placed draconian limits on our fundamental right to vote. Our Legislature that year passed a law that restricted Floridians’ access to the ballot, particularly minorities, young […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2014

Earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced an initiative by the Obama Administration to significantly reduce military spending over five years. Described as “draconian,” Hagel’s proposal is surely just the beginning of an acrimonious debate over how big our military should be in a 2020 world, how much our military should depend on […]

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Anna Maria Island home after Hurricane Milton.

Bob Sparks: Poll shows Rubio is in the majority on climate change issue

Martin Dyckman: Our leaders fiddle (and avoid comment) while the world burns

Daniel Tilson: Silence and inaction won’t do on climate change

Stephen Goldstein: Nan Rich should drop out of the governor’s race

Steven Kurlander: Regulating regulations: Common sense needs to be enacted too

Daniel Tilson: Takeaways from CPAC 2014

Andrew Skerritt: Rubio immigration reform and the political fringe

Martin Dyckman: Despite obvious omissions, Crist’s memoir is good reading

Mark Ferrulo: A judicial emergency affecting all Floridians

Steve Kurlander: We’re overdue for a discussion about military spending