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Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2014

Earlier this week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced an initiative by the Obama Administration to significantly reduce military spending over five years. Described as “draconian,” Hagel’s proposal is surely just the beginning of an acrimonious debate over how big our military should be in a 2020 world, how much our military should depend on […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 18, 2014

In politics, once you take a stand on an issue, you better have a good reason to change your mind. Take the Cuban embargo, which was implemented during the early 1960s during the Cold War, which the West won by the end of the 1980s. Florida politicians, both Democrats and Republicans, for years have supported […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 11, 2014

Last summer, Jared Fogel celebrated his 15th year as spokesperson for the Subway chain. He’s the guy who claimed to have lost 245 pounds by eating the fast-food chain’s turkey and veggie subs without the oil, cheese or mayo on them. Since then, he’s been helping the chain, which has more locations than McDonald’s and […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 4, 2014

“For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.” ― Noam Chomsky Beginning in the 20th Century, Americans have had an inexplicable fascination with Hollywood stars and musical icons that, in turn, have given these celebrities great cultural and political power. Such unbounded supremacy has spawned an unfettered disregard of illicit behavior in that world […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 28, 2014

What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name Monica Lewinsky? A big fat Cigar? Or maybe that stained dress that Linda Tripp exposed and the FBI tested? That’s the one that concluded that President Bill Clinton was the source of the semen on the garment “to a reasonable degree of scientific […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 21, 2014

In terms of NFL football, Sunday was turning out to be a really good day for the sport. The NFC Championship game was particularly good, with the Seattle Seahawks making a pitched comeback in the second half to beat the San Francisco 49ers. The defining play came at the end of the fourth quarter when […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 16, 2014

I’m going to be upfront with you. In case you have not been religiously reading my columns for the last few years, I’m a stout, fair, common-sense political man. I’m a fiscal conservative, moderate on family values and immigration, and liberal (that dirty word) on some social issues like women’s rights, GLBT equality, etc. So […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 12, 2014

Remember that rather stupid comment Mitt Romney made to a bunch of rich Boca Raton donors during his campaign that allowed Democrats to effectively define the GOP as the party of the rich? Romney described President Obama supporters by saying “there are 47 percent who are with Obama, who are dependent on government, who believe […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came home Tuesday night to New York City to ceremonially push the button to drop the crystalline orb and lead more than a million revelers in Times Square in celebrating the New Year. It was her second defining moment of the day and the beginning of 2014. Soon before […]

Guest AuthorDecember 25, 2013

America has just finished celebrating Christmas. For most, it was a chance to get together with family and friends, a religious holiday for some, and for others just a welcomed day or two off work. Whether you say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays, it’s the same thing every year: One way or the other, all […]

Tag: Steve Kurlander

Steve Kurlander: We’re overdue for a discussion about military spending

Steve Kurlander: Crist was right to “flip-flop” on Cuban embargo

Steve Kurlander: Hold the mayo and the azodicarbonamide from my sub

Steve Kurlander: Americans ignore the bad behavior of celebrities

Steve Kurlander: Bill Clinton’s sexual past wrong issue for GOP in 2016

Steve Kurlander: Sherman is an all-star troll, not a ‘professional’ athlete

Steve Kurlander: Crossing the bridge to moderation: The GOP, and some dinosaurs, need Christie to survive Bridgegate

Steve Kurlander: Pitting veterans against the unemployed shows no class

Steve Kurlander: Sotomayor drops ball in NYC, but not in ACA ruling

Steve Kurlander: Christianity and the responsibilities of free speech