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Guest AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

Do people truly understand the power of the middle class? I think they’re starting to overseas. We may not have invented the concept of a middle class, but we perfected it and everyone wants to emulate it. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, countries around the world have been reconfiguring their economic policies to […]

Guest AuthorAugust 30, 2015

Those of us who make it a point to stay up-to-date on foreign affairs took great interest in last month’s Iran deal aimed at stopping that volatile country from developing nuclear weapons. One of the main concessions from the United States in the deal is to lift sanctions and allow Iran to export more goods, […]

Guest AuthorAugust 10, 2015

Donald Trump wants it both ways: He wants to be brash and quotable and then when he’s asked about it, he wants to complain about the question and the questioner. Let me be honest: I’m not a Trump fan. I think he’s a single-issue candidate – immigration – that has gotten far because America is […]

Guest AuthorJune 4, 2015

Recently on Memorial Day, Americans honored the sacrifices of those American soldiers who fought and died in the various wars and “conflicts” of our nation. This year, like last year, and the year before, we also honored the many soldiers who made sacrifices in Iraq and Afghanistan. America has been at undeclared war since the […]

Mitch PerryMay 20, 2015

It’s not often Marco Rubio gets chastised by Barbara Boxer about being anti-business, but when it comes to the volatile issue of Cuba, traditional ideologies seem to collapse. The exchange between the Florida Republican and California Democrat took place Wednesday morning during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Cuba, where U.S. diplomats are to […]

Mitch PerryMay 8, 2015

During the past year, the U.S. has sent a variety of troops, including special operations forces, to exercises and training program in Eastern Europe, including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, but the long-term goal is to reduce our military presence in Eastern Europe. Marco Rubio would reverse that emphasis. “Instead of the temporary, mobile military presence […]

Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015

As one of the major counties along the I-4 corridor, Pinellas County will be a contested piece of real estate in choosing the next U.S. president. Ensuring it goes for the GOP nominee is in 2016 is the No. 1 goal for Pinellas Republicans for the next 18 months, recently elected party Chairman Nick DiCeglie said […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 23, 2015

Right to Rise, the leadership PAC created by Jeb Bush last month that enables him to begin to raise money for an eventual presidential bid, has a released a new web ad this morning called, “Leadership,” which attacks Barack Obama as being weak on foreign policy. The first 30 seconds of the ad features news […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 23, 2015

Right to Rise, the leadership PAC created by Jeb Bush last month that enables him to begin to raise money for an eventual presidential bid, has a released a new web ad this morning called, “Leadership,” which attacks Barack Obama as being weak on foreign policy. The first 30 seconds of the ad features news […]

Jac VerSteegDecember 21, 2014

The headline in the South Florida Sun Sentinel was, “Putin: ‘External factors’ led to economic woes” and continued, “Russian President…blasts West’s moves.” The Miami Herald’s Web site headlined the story, “Putin: West wants to defang, declaw Russian bear.” In the Tampa Bay Times, it was: “Putin blames West for Russia’s economic woes.” They – and […]

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Barney Bishop: Stop the whining, Donald Trump. It’s beneath you

Steven Kurlander: False sacrifices: Debating the wrong question on Iraq

Barbara Boxer takes Marco Rubio to task about where Americans stay in Cuba

Marco Rubio lays out plan to stifle Russian presence in Eastern Europe

Jeff Atwater, David Jolly star at Pinellas GOP Lincoln Day Dinner

New Jeb Bush web ad attacks Obama's foreign policy

New Jeb Bush web ad attacks Obama’s foreign policy

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Castros ‘re-gift’ blame-America excuse to Putin