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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 […]

Associated PressJune 14, 2015

Jeb Bush strolled the halls of the Polish parliament, praised Germany’s economic boom since the fall of the Berlin Wall and visited Estonia, a once-bleak Soviet state that now has a growing, free-market high-tech economy. If the goal was to stoke memories of his presidential father and avoid those of his presidential brother, it seems […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2015

Blame Rand Paul. The U.S. Senate is in session again Tuesday, and will be voting on amendments to the USA Freedom Act, which represents the first significant rollback of NSA surveillance that has been approved. Or at least that’s what the House did. Now the Senate will be working on a bill, which means Marco Rubio […]

Martin DyckmanJune 1, 2015

With all the horrors continuing to occur in the world, notably including the massacres perpetrated by Boko Haram in Africa and ISIS in the Middle East, the evangelist Franklin Graham has not exactly overlooked them. But it’s to some other crisis that he has been devoting most of his public preaching lately. He’s been praying […]

Mitch PerryMay 18, 2015

In a letter published on Sunday in The Tampa Tribune’s editorial section, Tampa House District 63 Republican Shawn Harrison writes that he is “open to a plan for private health coverage that draws down federal dollars with reasonable review, opt-out and sunset provisions included. Perhaps that can be some trial version of the Senate plan. “ […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

Since joining the U.S. Senate in January 2011, Marco Rubio has paid special attention to foreign affairs. He’s often been a member of the John McCain-Lindsey Graham bloc when it comes to advocating for military action. He’s been on the Senate Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees, and has said this spring that the knowledge he’s acquired […]

Guest AuthorApril 23, 2015

The Florida Constitution requires the Florida Legislature to pass a balanced budget and send it to the governor. This is the Constitution’s primary mandate for the Legislature. The Florida budget, like any budget, is comprised of two components: income and expenses. Governmental income is derived from the taxes and fees paid by Floridians and visitors […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 21, 2015

UPDATE: 12:48 p.m. Governor Mitt Romney has announced his endorsement of Lenny Curry, as an email from the campaign attests, with slightly different language than that in the email we obtained.. “I have traveled our country working to advance conservative principles, and here in Florida I’ve had a partner in Lenny Curry. Lenny is committed […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

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

Jeb Bush happy to echo father’s legacy in Eastern Europe

Mitch Perry Report for 6.2.15 — U.S. senators doing their jobs

Martin Dyckman: Franklin Graham praying for destruction of the U.S. Constitution

Shawn Harrison a rare GOP House member “open” to Medicaid expansion plan

Marco Rubio lays out muscular foreign policy approach

Garrett Richter: Health care in Florida: It’s our money and we deserve a return

Mitt Romney endorses Lenny Curry, helms PVB fundraiser

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians’ racist “dog whistles”

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians' racist 'dog whistles'