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Martin DyckmanOctober 19, 2013

During one of U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young’s visits to the editorial board of my newspaper, a colleague asked him what he thought, issues aside, of then-President Bill Clinton as a retail politician. Young’s face broke into a wide grin and his eyes twinkled. “He’s better than good,” the congressman said. “He’s the best I’ve […]

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 […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 30, 2013

If a foreign power set out to eliminate the United States as an economic, military and political rival, it couldn’t come up with a better scheme than the one playing out in Washington right now. This would be the strategy: Infiltrate the government. Then cripple it to keep it from paying its bills or honor […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 22, 2013

There are 45 synonyms for “outrageous,” most of which Attorney General Pam Bondi has brought to mind by having an execution postponed to accommodate a campaign fund-raising event. To toy with a life for politics? How inhuman. To delay “justice” for politics? How gross. Gov. Rick Scott had set the execution of double murderer Marshall […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 16, 2013

The 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks passed last week, yet some potentially devastating answers remain concealed from the American people. To what extent was the government of Saudi Arabia involved, directly or indirectly, in the murders of nearly 3,000 Americans? Did it subsidize al-Qaeda terrorists in the United States under an extortionate deal with […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 9, 2013

Florida has managed without a lieutenant governor for fully half a year since Gov. Rick Scott demanded Jennifer Carroll’s resignation. Nobody seems to care, apart from the media and those individuals who, against all reason, covet the job. Others may conclude that the office might as well be abolished. But that would be wrong. There […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis talks with the media after giving the State of the State speech on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

Martin Dyckman: C.W. Bill Young was a consummate congressman

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

Martin Dyckman: GOP radicals in the House are disloyal sore losers

Martin Dyckman: To delay execution for Pam Bondi fundraiser is outrageous

Martin Dyckman: It’s time to reveal Saudi government’s role in 9/11 attacks

Martin Dyckman: Scott needs to fill vacant Lieutenant Governor position