Christine Jordan SextonMay 20, 2024
6min0
The legislation passed along mostly partisan lines.
Tag: parenting
Christine Jordan SextonMay 20, 2024
A.G. GancarskiNovember 18, 2023
3min0
'"One of the reasons I ran for Governor in the first place was because I was a member of the U.S. Congress.'
Danny McAuliffeJune 16, 2018
4min260
For Florida’s Republican U.S. Senator, Father’s Day isn’t about gifts. Instead, it’s a reminder of an important aspect of parenting, and the obligations that come with raising children in America. Sen. Marco Rubio recently authored an op-ed for The Federalist, a conservative online magazine, in which he opines on fatherhood ahead of the holiday celebrating […]
Guest AuthorApril 7, 2016
6min899
Six years ago this month, in a modest office space leased by a Florida businessman named Rick Scott, I had the chance to ask the future governor several probing questions about his political views that any reporter would relish. But I wasn’t a reporter. I was helping Scott prepare messaging points for the launch of […]
Phil AmmannApril 6, 20166min299
Six years ago this month, in a modest office space leased by a Florida businessman named Rick Scott, I had the chance to ask the future governor several probing questions about his political views that any reporter would relish. But I wasn’t a reporter. I was helping Scott prepare messaging points for the launch of […]
Guest AuthorNovember 30, 20157min376
Last month, I suffered through a miserable lunch at a local restaurant, a place where I usually dine and know the owner well. The food and service were fine, but I happened to sit near a young mother and her 1-year -old who had a healthy set of lungs. The mother was accompanied by a […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 15, 201512min239
The ironically named Student Success Act of 2011 mandated something called the Valued Added Model, which attempts to quantify each teacher’s influence on each student. The complicated formula purports to predict what a student’s normal gain scores on a standardized test will be from one year to another. If a student gains more or loses […]
Daniel TilsonNovember 14, 2013
6min169
After hours of wakefulness, I finally got up this past Sunday morning, wishing my Dad really was turning 87 and about to celebrate with the family. We’d start with the kind of big Sunday breakfast he adored (not just on Sundays); the kind my wife Lisa cooks up with luscious love, the kind our 8-year-old […]