There are still nearly two years left in Barack Obama's presidency, but historians looking back on his record in foreign policy will surely identify one costly error: his refusal to follow through on the implied threat in stating that the Syrian regime's use of chemical weapons would be a "red line."

Florida legislators have a choice on a key piece of legislation this year: Do something that makes sense or do something supported by the left.

Rick Scott and Bill Nelson didnt square off last year in the gubernatorial election, but signs are starting to point to a fight between the two Florida politicians down the road.

Last week, after speculation grew that the governor could take Nelson on in 2018, Floridas senior senator fired a warning shot at Scott over how his administration cracked down on state government officials, using the term climate change in official communications.

Nelson even went on the Senate floor to talk about it in a speech Thursday.

The apparently intentional downing of a Germanwings airliner by the co-pilot has us riveted, as commercial plane crashes usually do.