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When you get into discussions about the Middle East with certain people, you start hearing that the great mistake was the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. If that had somehow just not happened, you hear, everything would be all right.

As much as liberals complain about conservative "misinformation" and incivility, they never seem to find it on channels like MSNBC, and we know there are small bands of liberals that wander over there.

One of the sad and dangerous signs of our times is how many people are enthralled by words, without bothering to look at the realities behind those words.

All the Legislature had to do Friday was pass the budget, drop the hanky, and smile for the camera.

This week the House of Representatives intends to continueefforts to address rising gas prices by improving domestic production.

Florida taxpayers had such high hopes for the 2011 Legislature. With supermajorities in both houses and what Mike Haridopolos initially called the "most conservative" Senate in history, Gov.

With a white-knuckled grip, the old guard of energy producers, primarily the investor-owned utilities and the handful of companies that they do business with, are holding on to a business model tha