Associated PressSeptember 13, 2020
9min400
Trump's downplay of coronavirus crisis compares poorly to past leaders' leveling.
Tag: truth
Associated PressSeptember 13, 2020
Scott PowersJuly 21, 2020
4min619
Three new ads coming to expanded buy in Florida.
Associated PressJune 26, 2020
6min361
Truth to be valued more in political posts.
Jim RosicaJanuary 2, 2019
7min460
Sen. Lauren Book wants people to tell her and other lawmakers “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” The Plantation Democrat filed a bill (SB 58), called the “Truth in Government Act,” for the 2019 Legislative Session that would require people at legislative panels to be sworn in before speaking. The bill […]
Scott PowersMarch 12, 2018
5min336
Republican Gov. Rick Scott still isn’t officially in the race for Florida’s U.S. Senate election this year but that’s not stopping Democrats from hammering him with two new digital ads being released Monday, raising questions about his financial blind trust and his missing nursing home voicemails. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is releasing the digital […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 27, 2016
8min185
With six weeks remaining in the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump squared off Monday night in the first of three debates. The spectacle reminded voters how much has changed in American politics since his virtuous dealings as a lawyer in the Illinois circuit courts in the 1850s earned Abraham Lincoln the nickname […]
Guest AuthorMay 15, 2016
6min229
“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less,” said Humpty Dumpty in “Through the Looking Glass” by Lewis Carroll. A perplexed Alice responded, “The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things.” Politicians using language to mean many things is […]
Guest AuthorJuly 29, 2015
8min284
I sent my best friend Julie a selfie, while making a goofy face, and this was her response. “What’s up with your forehead?” We have more than 30 years of friendship under our belts, so ultimately I decided not to kill her. I did think about it for a while. I looked again at my […]
Florence SnyderFebruary 25, 20154min338
Media bashers, media ethicists and the Greek chorus at Comedy Central will be gorging for a long time on the disgraced remains of Brian Williams. But the credibility crisis now engulfing NBC News is not Williams’ fault. It is never the reporter’s fault. An “anchor and managing editor” is neither God nor a kid with […]