Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 9, 2019
7min441
"I don’t see all of the confetti and balloons the way some others see it.”
Tag: NPRSenate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough. Image via AP.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 9, 2019
Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2018
6min416
Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley recently withdrew a bill to allow designated people to carry concealed firearms on school grounds. Nevertheless, it didn’t slow down a Democratic congressman from California from tearing into the idea Saturday during a national radio program. Baxley sponsored SB 1236, a proposal to allow school principals or superintendents to designate individuals who could carry […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2018
6min317
The news never slows down in the Democratic primary battle in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Just one day after former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown touted a swath of Jacksonville endorsements that included that of Lisa King, the chair of the Duval County Democrats, an NPR host from Jacksonville pilloried former Mayor Brown. “For example: let’s say you […]
Darryl PaulsonAugust 13, 2017
6min401
The 2016 presidential election divided America more than ever. Not only was the election relatively close in terms of the popular vote, but the popular vote winner actually ended up losing the electoral college vote and the presidency. Instead of attempting to unite a badly divided America, as most presidents have attempted to do upon […]
Mitch PerryJune 7, 2017
7min239
David Jolly fully intends to appear on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night, as do previously scheduled guests Ice Cube and Symone Sanders, the former national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. This despite the controversy circling around the comedian, who used the N-word during his show last Friday night, prompting widespread condemnation and calls for HBO to oust […]
Guest AuthorMarch 31, 2017
6min294
The alphabet of American culture – the NEA, NEH and NPR – won’t lose public funding. No, the president and Congress didn’t have a Eureka moment and realize art and cultural and the capacity for creative expression differentiate us from the primordial slime from which we came. And, it’s not because lawmakers got all warm […]
Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017
4min434
Marco Rubio wants to know more about why Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to disclose that he met twice with the Russia’s U.S. Ambassador during the presidential campaign. Despite that, the Florida senator isn’t willing to say that he should recuse himself from investigating ties between Donald Trump‘s surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government. Not yet anyway, despite the fact […]
Guest AuthorDecember 9, 20157min374
Sometimes we see an inspirational snippet of film on YouTube, hear an NPR broadcast or listen to a Ted Talk that materializes into action at what seems to be a random point in the future. A couple of years ago, however, I saw a short film at the annual Love Your Shorts Film Festival in […]
Jim RosicaDecember 1, 2015
3min506
Florida Politics’ Melissa Ross, a Jacksonville radio talk show host, will soon be a guest host for National Public Radio’s nationally syndicated “The Diane Rehm Show.” Ross, host and producer of public radio WJCT’s “First Coast Connect” call-in show, will helm the program on Dec. 9, 10, and 11. Rehm’s show is produced out of WAMU, a public […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 3, 2015
6min175
There’s excitement in some quarters this week as it now appears that Carly Fiorina will appear in the second Republican Presidential debate taking place in 13 days in Los Angeles (Okay, Simi Valley, officially). Meanwhile, we’re still more than five weeks away before the first Democratic Presidential debate. And why is that? While some may say […]