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Peter SchorschMarch 19, 2015

In what has to be one of the best opening sequences of any Star Trek episode or movie, James T. Kirk somehow manages to win the unwinnable test. For those of you who consider such sci-fi schlock beneath your station, the Kobayashi Maru is a no-win training exercise that tests the character of the new cadet, while being disguised as a mock battle […]

Associated PressFebruary 11, 2015

Two Major League Baseball teams that had flirted with moving their spring training operations to Arizona are staying in Florida. Gov. Rick Scott said in a statement Wednesday that the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros will remain in Florida for the next 30 years. The statement didn’t explicitly say the teams are moving to […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 1, 2015

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, from North Palm Beach, is one of the state leaders who wrote to the parole board on behalf of the daughter of a West Palm Beach politico who is serving up to life in prison for murder. A joint investigation by The Palm Beach Post and WPTV-Channel 5 discovered […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 7, 2015

The West Palm Beach City Commission has provided a perfect example of how government turns into The Nanny State. At its first meeting of 2015, The Palm Beach Post reports, the Commission voted 4-0 to require bars to post signs reminding customers that it is illegal for people under 21 to buy alcohol and illegal […]

Jac VerSteegJanuary 7, 2015

The West Palm Beach City Commission has provided a perfect example of how government turns into The Nanny State. At its first meeting of 2015, The Palm Beach Post reports, the Commission voted 4-0 to require bars to post signs reminding customers that it is illegal for people under 21 to buy alcohol and illegal […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2014

Unfortunately, it’s a true story. Last week I was flying from D.C.’s Reagan National Airport to West Palm Beach on US Airways flight 1935, scheduled to depart at 3.15 p.m., changing planes in Philadelphia. Arrival in Palm Beach 8 p.m. I had high hopes for this journey since US Airways had just merged with American Airlines and […]

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Sen. Marco Rubio becomes the first Hispanic Secretary of State in the U.S.

Peter Schorsch: The Florida Senate race, 'Star Trek' and U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy

2 MLB teams keeping spring training in Florida

Jeff Atwater sends letter to NY parole board on behalf of accused killer

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: West Palm plants seeds of the Nanny State

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: West Palm plants seeds of the Nanny State

Rachel Patron: A special Yom Kippur prayer for the pilot and crew who flew us home to West Palm Beach