Columns

This month marks the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Confederacy’s Trans-Mississipi Department to federal forces, effectively ending the Civil War. The Confederate general in charge of the department was Edmund Kirby Smith, who is one of two Floridians honored in the U.S. Capitol in Statuary Hall. 

Unspeakable, unimaginable, incomprehensible and unthinkable are the words we've heard and used to describe the horrific murders of nine African-Americans as they prayed in a Charleston, South Carolina, church, shot by a hate-filled racist on a genocidal purge.

You know the Republicans have a clear presidential front-runner when every liberal news source in the nation is trashing him. I'm talking about Jeb Bush.

They're coming for our money.

American presidents have greater leeway on foreign policy than on domestic issues. Just see how President Obama is forging ahead to an agreement with Iran opposed by large majorities in Congress and among voters.

The extra trips to the hardware store for plywood and nails to board up windows.‭ ‬The stocked pantries and cupboards with canned goods and water bottles.‭ ‬The spare batteries and flashlights stas

Jeb Bush, who converted to Catholicism, has a papal problem -- and taking a page from the liberal playbook isn't exactly helping. 

Most Florida environmental groups  this special session made a lot of noise -- you heard them -- and spent a lot of money, but in the end, came away empty-handed and bitterly unhappy.

Here's a newly minted decision you probably didn't expect: We're getting a woman's face on the $10 bill. 

 In January, McDonald's, leaning against the winds of fashion, said kale would never replace lettuce on its burgers.

If anyone should be feeling an overwhelming sense of Groundhog Day this presidential election, c'est moi.

If you're wondering why the Legislature didn't restore Florida Forever's once-upon-a-time $300 million for land purchases ...

The political left has come up with a new buzzword: "micro-aggression."

Welcome to The Dean's List -- an Ed Dean-style look at who Florida's political achievers were (and weren't) in the last seven days. What you see here is strictly my opinion, not necessarily the editor's or the rest of the staff at Sunshine State News. 

It had a familiar ring: "I don't ever know what people's motives are," said former President Bill Clinton, prompting one to pause and consider just what the definition of "motives" is.