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Bill PrescottJune 30, 2015

Those who flaunt the Confederate flag insist that it symbolizes “heritage,” not hate. Call it what they will, but that heritage is a heritage of hate. The slave owners and their politicians fancied themselves good, decent, God-fearing people. How could they square that with the countless hideous brutalities they inflicted on their human chattels? They […]

Martin DyckmanJune 1, 2015

With all the horrors continuing to occur in the world, notably including the massacres perpetrated by Boko Haram in Africa and ISIS in the Middle East, the evangelist Franklin Graham has not exactly overlooked them. But it’s to some other crisis that he has been devoting most of his public preaching lately. He’s been praying […]

Guest AuthorApril 8, 2015

When you are the lone vote on a bill, whether you like it or not, you are going to get noticed. And when you stand out like that, it’s probably a good strategy to get noticed in the right way. That’s why yesterday’s lone vote by Rep. Greg Steube against the ban on powdered alcohol was more than […]

Guest AuthorOctober 27, 2014

Election Day is a week away. I understand that millions of Floridians will vote for Gov. Rick Scott, but I’m begging you to vote for him for reasons other than these: His mother divorced an abusive husband. That gave me the creeps the first time he mentioned it in the Fangate debate but then he […]

Martin DyckmanOctober 19, 2014

The term limits initiative that Florida voters put into the Constitution in 1992 was one of the most popular issues ever, passing with 3,625,500 “yes” votes to only 1,097,127 against it. But what it has done to the Legislature makes it one of the costliest mistakes in Florida history. The voters deserve an opportunity to […]

Darryl PaulsonFebruary 5, 2014

During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a dozen executive orders or executive actions. An executive order allows the president to put a policy into effect with the stroke of the pen. Such orders last as long as the president’s term, when they must be extended by the next president or […]

Guest AuthorOctober 31, 2013

The U.S. Constitution includes very specific protection for the right of citizens to bear arms. It does not, however, mention any similar right to bear children. With that in mind, I have an idea that will reduce all types of crime and violence without explicitly infringing on the Constitution in the process. What I propose […]

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John Thune. Image via AP.

Martin Dyckman: The time is now to take it down

Martin Dyckman: Franklin Graham praying for destruction of the U.S. Constitution

Of lone votes, outliers and powdered booze

Tom O’Hara: If you vote for Scott, don’t do so for any of these 10 reasons

Martin Dyckman: Elect Crist if you want to fix the mess created by term limits

Darryl Paulson: Government by pen and phone

Jim McClellan: A modest proposal to make our streets safer