If Charlotte's Web is going to be ready to go Jan. 1, the administrative judge in what now has become three lawsuits against the Florida Department of Health should consider employing a tactic judges use in commercial cases to de-clutter the court system:

As an eighth-generation Scottish-American, Im disappointed that my ancestral homeland has chosen not to be a nation once again. But thats the decision of todays Scots, and no doubt they have a better sense of whats best for Scotland than I do.

Republicans met in Washington this week to honor the 20th anniversary of the GOP winning the U.S. House in the 1994 elections and a former Florida congressman organized it. Former U.S. Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Fla., was the man behind reuniting his fellow Republicans who first won House seats in 1994.