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Guest AuthorNovember 18, 2013

Thirty-five years ago, I found myself, notebook in hand, sitting across a large desk from a man named Jim Crosby as he told me how his company, Resorts International, was going to revive Atlantic City. Back then, Atlantic City was a faded, sad, down-at-the-heels coastal town with nothing but the blue sea to attract visitors […]

Guest AuthorNovember 17, 2013

Some years from now, perhaps sooner, perhaps later, the Affordable Care Act will be a universally accepted part of our health-care system, and decent, affordable medical insurance for all citizens living in the richest country in the world will be woven into the American fabric. Most certainly, the law will not be the same as […]

Guest AuthorNovember 10, 2013

I’ve never met Miami Dolphins offensive tackle Jonathan Martin, but I feel as though I know him. Martin is the 300-pound lineman who abruptly left his team, citing harassment and intimidation by his teammates, particularly fellow lineman Richie Incognito. Incognito left Martin a voicemail that included the word “nigger” and you can find him on […]

Guest AuthorNovember 6, 2013

I used to have a ready quip whenever someone would ask me who I favored in some sporting event or political race in which I had no use for either contestant: “I’m rooting for injuries,” I’d say. OK, it’s supposed to be clever, but I know it’s gratuitously nasty, inappropriate and beneath me. It’s also […]

Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2013

Let’s turn our attention to a moment in our history: The president of the United States is under siege from extreme right-wing groups, their anger fueled by domestic divisions as well as fear of a foreign enemy that seems determined to gain a foothold on American soil. The young president is the first of his […]

Guest AuthorOctober 30, 2013

There is a tectonic shift taking place in our country right now, and I’m not talking about gay marriage or adults moving back home with their parents. Many studies have concluded that our nation’s love affair with the automobile appears to be coming to a screeching halt with the demographic group called Generation Y or […]

Guest AuthorOctober 27, 2013

There are any number of things I could have written about on this day: How HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is falling on her sword for her boss, the President, taking the blame for the horrendous debut of the Affordable Care Act website. How Texas Sen. Ted Cruz shouted “it is terrific to be back in […]

Guest AuthorOctober 21, 2013

You certainly don’t need me to tell you how much damage the right-wing zealots in Washington who call themselves legislators have done to our country. This nation elected a president who, in his first term, signed into law a sweeping health-care plan that, among other things, provides medical insurance for millions of people who previously […]

Guest AuthorOctober 15, 2013

As a dog owner I was alarmed to discover that first-term Republican Congressman Ted Yoho, who hails from Gainesville, is a veterinarian. I had always assumed that veterinarians, with all those years of schooling, were pretty sharp folks. Yoho, though, was just honored by the Business Insider for uttering “The #1 Stupidest Comment on the […]

Tag: Steve Robinson

Steve Robinson: Are we a nation of croupiers and cocktail waitresses?

Steve Robinson: Obamacare will survive, but bungled rollout will take toll

Steve Robinson: When a player questions hazing, we call him a misfit

Steve Robinson: Rand Paul plagiarized; does he want to be VP?

Steve Robinson: Do events of 50 years ago remind us of today’s front page?

Steve Robinson: America’s romance with the automobile ‘on the skids’

Steve Robinson: Gun violence continues; where is the outrage?

Steve Robinson: We are in a dangerous new era of Know-Nothings

Steve Robinson: Congressman Yoho and House extremists