Is it not long past time to do a cost-benefit analysis of our involvement in the Middle and Near East?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz had better start getting a few things right, according to prominent Washington observers, because of late, her clout among Democratic peers has suffered a considerable blow.

They say the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee has embarrassed many high-ranking party leaders with shoot-from-the-hip misstatements, downright inaccuracies and even a charge of thuggery.

America is shocked and righteouslyindignant over the murder of United States ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans on Tuesday, the 11^th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, former University of Florida President John Lombardi, University of North Florida President John Delaney and former UF football standout and coach Steve Spurrier are on a list of candidates to replace retiring UF President Bernie Machen.

However, the three-dozen-deep roster shouldnt be viewed as a finalist list as the names are of people nominated for the post.

Cannon and Delaney have publicly professed to be flattered but uninterested.

A controversial list of 2,600 allegedly illegal voters has been whittled to 207, Florida election officials said Wednesday after running the names through a federal immigration database.

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner said the names, about 8 percent of the initial list, will be forwarded to local election officials as early as next week.

The revised list was released the same day as an agreement was announced between the state and voting rights groups over efforts to remove noncitizens and other ineligible voters from the ranks.

As states across the country move toward a systemic revamping of their educational assessment programs, it is a good time to evaluate how states use learning assessments and whether they can be better transformed as teaching/learning tools.

In a vote that fell completely along party lines, Floridas Joint Legislative Budget Commission approved on Wednesday a proposal by the Department of Corrections (DOC) to privatize health services in the states prisons.

Of the 10 members of the Commission who were present at the meeting, all six Republicans voted to support the measure, while the remaining Democrats voted against it, after about 45 minutes of hearings and debate. Sen. Nan Rich, D-Weston, and Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Petersburg, led the charge against the DOCs proposals.

Sept. 11, 2012, seemed like it was going to be another solemn day to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001.