On U.S. military intervention in Syria's civil war, where "both sides are slaughtering each other as they scream over an arbitrary red line 'Allahu akbar' ... I say let Allah sort it out."So said Sarah Palin to the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. And, as is not infrequently the case, she nailed it.

Under pressure from Gov. Rick Scott, a committee of the Florida Board of Governors shot down fee increases backed by students Thursday, the latest phase of a battle over how much degrees should cost in Florida.

On Thursday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., took to the Senate floor to support an amendment improving border security to the immigration reform bill he has championed.

Steve Southerland's Farm Bill amendment might have erred on the side of a 19th century Dickensian workhouse, but give the Panama City Republican credit: SNAP, America's food stamp program, is eating the national budget alive, reforms are desperately needed -- and Southerland called it.