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Guest AuthorNovember 8, 2015

It’s Veterans Day on Wednesday and I’m even more excited than usual. In researching this column, I learned that as a Vietnam veteran I may be eligible to collect VA disability benefits because I have diabetes – even though I’m sure my tedious year at Phu Cat Air Force Base has nothing to do with […]

Dominic CalabroNovember 10, 2014

On Tuesday, be sure to thank a Florida veteran. It shouldn’t be too difficult to track one down, as Florida is home to more than 1.6 million veterans. That’s one in every 12 adults. It’s no surprise that the state has the third-largest veteran population in the nation, because Florida policymakers have worked hard to […]

Guest AuthorMay 29, 2014

Now that Facebook and television talking heads are done with Memorial Day, I’m thinking it’s OK to spin off a mini-rant. Let’s start with this: Memorial Day and Veterans Day are not the same thing. Ditto the Fourth of July, which, along with the other two, is morphing into a “we love folks in uniform” […]

Guest AuthorNovember 19, 2013

A South Dakota state senator proposed a bill this week making it mandatory for school children in that state to recite the pledge of allegiance at the beginning of the school day. Rep. Hal Wick, a Republican from Sioux Falls, said the proposal would apply to all students in public and private schools in the […]

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Tom O’Hara: Don’t thank me for my service, just send my disability check

Dominic Calabro: Florida has worked hard to make this a veterans-friendly state

Linda Grist Cunningham: It matters when three holidays morph into one

Steve Kurlander: The Pledge of Allegiance should be mandatory in school