What have Ethics Rules Wrought? Maybe not much
On the eve of the 2013 legislative session next Monday, just about everybody with an interest in what happens in the Capitol during the ensuing 60 days will gather in the sedate courtyard of Associated...
View ArticleAfter 68 Years, Lessons of Iwo Jima Still Fresh
A retired general who calls himself "the luckiest Marine in the whole wide world" is taking a small band of fellow survivors back to Iwo Jima this month for "a reunion of honor" with men they made war...
View ArticleDo We Actually Need a Lt. Governor? Nope
Being lieutenant governor of Florida is like being the best basketball player on that team that loses to the Harlem Globetrotters every night. It's nature's way of saying you're an under-achiever --...
View ArticleEmotions, Not Facts, Drive Gun-Law Debate
When I was in the service, the camp theater used to show stirring, heroic World War II or Korean War movies once a week. We scoffed at "John Wayne night" but went anyway -- mostly to chuckle at little...
View ArticleWhy Such Focus on Liquor Laws? The Industry
Why do normally intelligent legislators write reasonable laws on everything except alcohol?
View ArticleFlorida, U.S. Will Embrace Same-Sex Marriage in Time
When Gov. Lawton Chiles decided to let Florida's "Defense Of Marriage Act" become law in 1997, he foresaw what's going on in America today regarding same-sex marriage."I believe that, by and large,...
View ArticleScott’s Warning to Dems: He Could Win in 2014
Gov. Rick Scott ran the numbers on his re-election prospects the other day, and, although he may have been off by a few hundred-thousand voters, the governor made a pretty plausible case that he can win.
View ArticleNeuharth Brought Fresh News Vision with USA Today
When USA Today did its city-by-city rollout in 1982, Atlanta was second on the list, and Al Neuharth jetted in for a big news conference.
View ArticleLegislating Becomes More Opaque
During the past week to 10 days, House and Senate negotiators have worked on scores of details, big and small, in the $74 billion state budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Some of their...
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