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Mitch PerryJune 21, 2015

Potential support for Jeb Bush has edged upward in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released on Sunday, with the share of Republican primary voters who said they were open to his candidacy rising to 75 percent in June from 70 percent in April and just 49 percent in March. Preliminary numbers from the […]

Mitch PerryMay 21, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott signed a drone privacy law last week that bans drone surveillance of private citizens without their consent. A Washington, D.C.-based media lawyer, though, thinks the Sunshine State has gone too far in attempting to regulate the emerging new technology. Chuck Tobin is a partner in Holland & Knight’s Washington, D.C., office. He […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Don’t tell Laura Ingraham, Steve King, or some other Republican immigration hardliners, but Jeb Bush is commemorating Cinco de Mayo. Bush recorded a video message Tuesday to the entire U.S. Hispanic community, “and especially to our fellow Americans of Mexican origin,” as he says in the video. “Cinco de Mayo is an honorable date when Mexico, […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

I don’t know about you, but I’m really feeling sorry for NBC’s Brian Williams. Seriously, did anyone ever have any expectation of depth, truthfulness, or quality reporting from him? Maybe I feel this way because I’m a serious news junkie and, as such, I read a lot more than watch news or commentary on the […]

Guest AuthorJuly 16, 2014

In sports, the numbers tell us each day how an athlete is doing. The hitter’s batting average, the quarterback’s passing percentage, these numbers tell us in black and white whether a player is up or down. It’s similar in show business and its cousin, politics; there are Nielsen rating services and political polls. But we […]

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Support for Jeb Bush grows in new WSJ/NBC News poll

Media attorney thinks Florida’s new drone law unconstitutional

Jeb Bush sends out Happy Cinco de Mayo message en Español

Steven Kurlander: Harshing Brian Williams: Is telling a 'buba meisah' really a crime in our culture of deception?

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