A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2020
4min1122
Paul was one of several Republicans confronted by groups of protesters.
Tag: Martin Luther King
A.G. GancarskiAugust 29, 2020
Blake DowlingFebruary 2, 2019
7min263
Whatever goes up on the internet is going to stay there for a long, long time.
Guest AuthorOctober 8, 2018
6min690
Our founder, Dr. Martin Luther King, famously said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. King made it his life’s mission to shine a bright light on the injustices he saw in this world and called for us all to work together to make right what is wrong. Since his time on this […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2018
8min336
One might think that the Tampa Bay Times’ Tim Nickens, as editorial page editor of Tampa Bay’s biggest daily newspaper, might be subjected to tough questions about the paper’s coverage and/or editorial stances when he spoke before the politically savvy Cafe Con Tampa crowd at the Oxford Exchange Friday morning. Those tough questions were asked, but they were […]
Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2017
7min279
If Rick Kriseman ends up surviving Rick Baker‘s formidable challenge to be re-elected Tuesday for another four years as St. Petersburg mayor, it will be despite the intense hammering he received at the hands of the Tampa Bay Times editorial page. The Times recommended Baker in advance of both the Aug. 29 primary and the […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 13, 2017
7min338
Friday saw Jacksonville’s stakeholders convene at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday breakfast. The second of these breakfasts for Mayor Lenny Curry, his prepared remarks were focused on service. However, the city is working through a number of active civil rights issues. Among them: expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance to include LGBT people, and a […]
Diane RobertsJuly 22, 2016
6min162
China is stealing our brains. Europeans are laughing at us. Mexicans are pouring over our open borders to drive down your wages and rape your children. ISIL bombers disguised as Syrian refugee children will soon be living on your block. Muslims are shooting up discos. Democrats are coming to take your guns. It’s Midnight in […]
Associated PressMarch 5, 2016
5min339
The head of a purported charity with close ties to Florida U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown pleaded guilty Friday in a federal fraud investigation. One Door for Education Foundation Inc. President Carla Wiley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and agreed to testify in the larger ongoing case, according to a […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2016
5min243
Where do we go from here? And when we get there, can we Build Something That Lasts? The 1967 Martin Luther King Jr. speech referenced above was given at the 10th annual session of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It epitomized King’s late period in terms of calling for social justice for African-Americans. Among other calls […]
Mitch PerryJune 29, 20157min145
In this column on Friday we wrote that Republican lawmakers (especially in Florida) should be relieved the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Obama Administration in King v. Burwell, because it took the pressure off the party and the candidates running for president to actually have to offer a legitimate alternative if millions […]