A deep stillness settled over the federal courtroom as graphic photos were shown of the nine people murdered last year at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church.
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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Yes, you read that correctly.
This column is a vehicle for a number of items in a bits-and-pieces, strictly opinion, sometimes irreverent format. Look for "Just Sayin'" to run once a week in this spot.
President-elect Donald Trump is known for his blunt approach. And on human rights, we are well past due for some hard truths.
No, Florida Democrats are not going to have a repeat of 2013. As you may recall, strings were pulled, arms were twisted, people were bought off in 2013 to get Allison Tant in as Florida Democratic Party chair.
The most amusing part of the Trump transition has been watching its effortless confounding of the media, often in fewer than 140 characters. One morning, after a Fox News report on lefty nuttiness at some obscure New England college -- a flag burning that led a more-contemptible-than-usual campus administration to take down the school's own American flag -- Donald Trump tweets that flag burners should go to jail or lose their citizenship.
Welcome to the dawn of the citizen legislator.
So, this is the new conservatism's recipe for restored greatness: Political coercion shall supplant economic calculation in shaping decisions by companies in what is called, with diminishing accuracy, the private sector. This will be done partly as conservatism's challenge to liberalism's supremacy in the victimhood sweepstakes, telling aggrieved groups that they are helpless victims of vast, impersonal forces, against which they can be protected only by government interventions.
That's how the headlines will read in 2018 if Sen. Bill Nelson doesn't stop playing around in the Florida Democratic Party chair race.
There is no "push" to evict the federal government from running the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. None. No matter what you hear Florida environmentalists say to the contrary.
Trending Now
By Kevin Derby
Tallahassee based Cate Communications announced on Thursday night in a Web video on Thursday night that it had brought Unknown Media, a digital media company located in Orlando, into the fold.
By Nancy Smith
Ben Pollara, campaign manager for medical marijuana ballot-express United for Care, reports his team has today officially shipped 100,000 petitions to Florida supervisors of elections offices -- "which should put us past the threshold required for Supreme Court review."
By Kevin Derby
A day after announcing that he would run for Congress if redistricting goes his way, former Gov. Charlie Crist endorsed former aide Rick Minor for Tallahassee City Council.
By Kevin Derby
Florida state CFO Jeff Atwater showcased the “Serve, Save, Succeed” website to help veterans and military personnel manage their personal finances.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., reeled in the support of five mayors as he continues his bid to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. come 2016
By Kevin Derby
Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who sits on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, reiterated his opposition to the deal with Iran and urged Democrats in the Senate to stand against President Barack Obama on the matter.
By Kevin Derby
Conservative Citizens United Political Victory Fund (CUPVF) PAC doubled down on its support of U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., come 2016 even as U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla., entered the race on Monday and Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera joined last week.
By Kevin Derby
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags across Florida to be flown at half-staff to honor the four Marines and the Navy officer killed by a jihadist gunman in Chattanooga, Tennessee last week.
By Kevin Derby
Gov. Rick Scott weighed in on Monday as the U.S. and Cuba opened embassies for the first time in more than 50 years.
By Kevin Derby
Conservatives are starting to take aim at new U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Fla. On Monday, Jolly entered the race to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in 2016.
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