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Christine Jordan SextonApril 2, 2015

House Appropriations Chairman Richard Corcoran singled out health care lobbyists in Tallahassee during his closing remarks on the House budget Thursday calling them “Gucci-loafing, shoe-wearing special interest powers.” Well, someone had a sense of humor because within hours there was a Twitter account under the name “@GucciLoafing.” The profile picture, of course, was a pair […]

Phil AmmannApril 2, 2015

It’s beginning to look a lot like 2016. Signs are all around that the “silent primary” is well under way. Campaigns are busy assembling campaign teams, while prospective candidates Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, and Marco Rubio are only days from officially mounting White House runs. At the intersection of social media and politics, candidates and staff members both […]

Phil AmmannMarch 21, 2015

Fresh from this year’s SXSW Interactive festival comes the latest social media and political fixation. Meerkat allows live streaming cellphone video on Twitter. In two weeks, the iPhone-only app racked up more than 100,000 new users. What makes Meerkat the political trend for 2016 rests with its list of early adopters, reports Dylan Byers of POLITICO, including politicians […]

Peter SchorschFebruary 22, 2015

As any lawmaker who has had the temerity to venture a passing glance at their official government email account knows, IT’S EMAIL SEASON! Look, I get it. You need to tell your clients to send in emails. Everyone loves a good lobbying effort coupled with a grassroots feel. And while every single person on the planet […]

Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2014

Crony capitalists have been unjustly justifying their crony capitalism under the guise of free-market capitalism to satiate their insatiable greed for quite awhile. These crony capitalists have control over the government, stock market, mass media and communications with their big money influence. A growing income inequality and economic disparity have been furthered by the practical […]

Adam WeinsteinOctober 9, 2014

The capital of Florida used to have a good newspaper, I’m told. It’s hard to know, because by the time I started working there — 2006 — Knight Ridder had sold the Tallahassee Democrat to Gannett, the cigarette-perfumed, drunken used-car salesman of media corporations, and the paper was a ghost of itself. There was always […]

Daniel TilsonSeptember 24, 2014

Can Florida politics succeed where sports has failed? Can we get a grip on dangerous social reality, recognize the seriousness of the challenge, and take the right actions to meet it? When news first broke about Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s violent abuse of his fiancée, the NFL swept it under the artificial turf. […]

Julie DelegalAugust 27, 2014

Just when I thought I had reached inner peace about vaccines and autism, the specter of a link has reared its ugly head again — on Twitter, on Facebook, on CNN’s user-generated “iReport” website. It’s hard enough sorting through autism science. But parents like me, whose children are affected by the potentially devastating neuro-developmental condition, […]

Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2014

Friday will mark the “Fourth of July.” It conjures images of family picnics, backyard bbq’s, beaches, lakes and, of course, fireworks. For too long, many have forgotten the true meaning of this celebration: our independence. Historian Samuel Eliot Morrison wrote, “If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence it would have […]

Guest AuthorJune 25, 2014

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It’s summertime! The solstice just went by and as the days now become shorter, summer has officially begun. It’s a time to relax and reboot. It’s a time to find some water to splash around in. And it’s a time for contemplation… Central Florida is classing up. Great markets are popping up, including East End […]

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Richard Corcoran's fiery speech inspires new "Gucci Loafing" Twitter account

Research firm sniffs out embarrassing staff tweets

Video-sharing app Meerkat could prove transformative in 2016

Peter Schorsch: Inane emails are endless and ineffective

Apek Mulay: Sick of crony capitalism? Here is what you can do

Adam Weinstein: Another bloodbath at the deteriorating Tallahassee Democrat

Daniel Tilson: Ray Rice, Jameis Winston and Rick Scott: New normals?

Julie Delegal: Autism, vaccines, science and doubt

Kevin Sweeny: On July 4, we should recall our rights, respect those who protect them

Mark Routhier: Lazy days of summer – time to relax and contemplate