In the full scheme of Gov. Rick Scott's plans for Florida, the $43 million Eller Drive Overpass Project at Port Everglades is like scoring a hat trick for the state economy: It kills three birds with one stone, the governor claims.

When governments want to encourage what they believe is beneficial behavior, they subsidize it. Sounds like good public policy.

An effort to derail a state constitutional amendment that would enable religious organizations to deliver state services is an ill-conceived "Hail Mary" ploy, defenders say.

Alleging a violation of church-state separation and a "misleading" ballot summary, the Florida Education Association and a handful of left-wing religious leaders want Amendment 7 thrown off the ballot before Floridians can vote on it in 2012.

The opponents' bid for an injunction is scheduled to be heard Thursday in circuit court in Tallahassee.

Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a new look for his Facebook page this week. He draped his site in Obama 2012 campaign logos and links to all kinds of Obama 2012 sites.

' ... Nothing more rewarding than working with (these) dedicated and professional men and women ... and seeing firsthand how much of a positive impact FDLE makes across the state.'

The end is near. The last space shuttle mission soon will be completed. Unfortunately, because of a lack of vision and leadership in Washington, we may be seeing the beginning of the end for our national space program as well.

Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things.