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Associated PressFebruary 24, 2017

News organizations including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and POLITICO were blocked from joining an informal, on the record White House press briefing Friday. The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House press secretary Sean Spicer. “The AP believes the public should have […]

Associated PressFebruary 16, 2017

Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information. Nearly a month into his presidency, Trump insisted in a freewheeling White House news conference that his new administration had made […]

Florence SnyderNovember 24, 2016

No matter how often the trained professional experts at the American Psychological Association tell us that the human brain was not designed for heavy-duty multitasking, we keep stockpiling toys that tempt our drivers to distraction, and sometimes death. Just in time for the holidays, Neal Boudette of The New York Times reminds us that American […]

Florence SnyderOctober 23, 2016

The mortality rate for a family business is staggering. Seventy percent of them will fail or be sold before the founders’ children come of age. Just 10 percent remain active, and in family hands when the third generation is old enough to work for a living. The chances are close to zero that a family business will […]

Martin DyckmanMay 4, 2016

Early in 1955, when I was a sophomore at Florida State University, I thought about applying for a summer job at the Clearwater Sun, the now-defunct newspaper where I had been a student correspondent and had already spent one vacation. That’s when Momma Bird kicked me out of the nest. “You’ll do no such thing,” […]

Peter SchorschMay 4, 2016

An earlier draft of a Q&A on the Tampa Bay Times’ acquisition/homicide of the Tampa Tribune has been discovered. Thank you to the anonymous source who forwarded this. SUBSCRIPTION & DELIVERY I subscribe to both papers. What do I do? — We’ll consolidate your subscriptions. But don’t even think of canceling the Tampa Bay Times — we […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 22, 2016

The Patrick Murphy campaign continues to slam Alan Grayson over his hedge funds. On Valentine’s Day, Murphy hit Grayson hard on having “used his official position for personal gain,” before calling on Grayson to “close his unethical hedge fund.” Then he went further. “If all the allegations are true I think he would almost have to resign from office,” Murphy […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 23, 2016

Marco Rubio’s campaign is hitting back after a Washington Post story reported the Florida senator was arrested in 1990 for being in a park after closing time. In a fundraising email to supporters Saturday, the campaign decided to come clean with a few other offenses: He colored outside the lines as a kid, double dips […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterDecember 31, 2015

Donald Trump’s appeal among voters who self-identify as Republicans but are registered as Democrats could pose a challenge to his campaign, according to a New York Times report. According to New York Times reporter Nate Cohn, the New York businessman and Republican front-runner has dominated national polls “in no small part because he is extremely […]

Guest AuthorDecember 28, 2015

If you pay attention to the news, you’d think Florida, the nation and the world are doomed. South Florida is falling into the sea. Disney World is installing metal detectors to thwart terrorists. Jeb!, the Donald, Ben and Marco – Florida’s presidential wannabes – are predicting that Islamic extremists soon will destroy the West. But […]

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White House bars major news outlets from gaggle

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Florence Snyder: A crowd of cousins at The New York Times

Martin Dyckman: A salute to the Tampa Tribune and its fine journalists

Paul Tash’s real answers for Tampa Tribune readers

Patrick Murphy tells Alan Grayson to “come clean with congressional investigators”

Email insights: Marco Rubio campaign hoping to raise cash off #RubioCrimeSpree

Donald Trump favored by Democrats who self-identify as Republicans

Tom O’Hara: The biggest story of 2015: Cheap, effective gene-editing