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Diane RobertsJune 23, 2015

There’s a reason your mama told you not to bring up politics or religion in company. Things are bound to get ugly. If you’re a religious conservative politico running for president, you might want to steer clear of science, too, especially now that Pope Francis has delivered himself of an encyclical urging action on climate […]

Diane RobertsJune 22, 2015

There’s a reason your mama told you not to bring up politics or religion in company. Things are bound to get ugly. If you’re a religious conservative politico running for president, you might want to steer clear of science, too, especially now that Pope Francis has delivered himself of an encyclical urging action on climate […]

Guest AuthorJune 15, 2015

At 9:30 a.m. June 4, special guests rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell signaling the market’s daily opening. In 1956, a 10-year old launched the tradition as the first guest to ring the bell. Leonard Ross won a television quiz show answering questions about the stock market. On this more recent June morning, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 7, 2015

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater continued efforts to make government more transparent during a “hackathon” in Miami on Saturday. Atwater challenged participants to find a way to improve the way governments provide public information and communicate with consumers. “Taxpayers should demand accountability from their government, and I’ve worked hard to present Florida’s financial information […]

James CallMarch 25, 2015

“There’s a lot of synergy among Pensacola, Tampa, Jacksonville and the Space Coast (Brevard County) (on this),” Sen. Thad Altman said. “It’s why we call it Space Day: We don’t call it Brevard day.” Altman was driving to the state Capitol from the Space Coast on Monday while discussing the aerospace industry and the importance […]

Guest AuthorOctober 14, 2014

The United States is in the middle of a devastating epidemic of “Obsessive CEO Syndrome” (OCS). It’s a debilitating condition in which victims are deluded into thinking that the chosen people at the top of organization charts have the best minds, all the answers to all of our problems, and, should they choose to abandon the rarefied air of […]

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Helene, early Sept. 27. Image via NOAA via AP.

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Diane Roberts: Pols get hot as pope warms to climate change

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