"Look," wrote Lois Lerner, echoing Horace Greeley, "my view is that Lincoln was our worst president not our best. He should [have] let the [S]outh go.
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Long before there was a "Black Lives Matter" movement, there was Ruth Starr Rose -- an activist artist whose paintings nearly a century ago captured the dignity and spirit of America's black families at a time when stereotype and caricature prevailed.
Florida’s politicians and the Republican Party of Florida should welcome vigorous policy discussion among the presidential candidates. Florida should be a leader in flourishing substantive discussion during election cycles.
Not all important public policy reforms come from Washington. Really lasting reforms can percolate from the bottom up, brewed by citizens with a grievance pushing state and local governments to act.
The $70 billion fantasy sports market apparently isn't the least bit discouraged by Florida's resistance to gaming expansion. Why should it be? Its entrepreneurs are sure they can convince Florida legislators that playing fantasy games of any kind isn't gambling at all. It doesn't represent a game of chance, they say. It's first about skill.
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.
Twinkling stars are pretty but, for astronomers, problematic. Twinkles are caused by the interference of Earth's atmosphere with light radiating throughout the breathtakingly beautiful and unimaginably violent universe. In 1990, however, the Hubble telescope went into orbit 370 miles above Earth, beyond the atmospheric filter, peering perhaps 12 billion years into the past, almost to the Big Bang of 13.7 billion years ago.
Patrick Murphy's mom and dad -- best kind of parents a candidate can have when the political chips are down -- are buying love by the thousands for their Senate seat-seeking son.
Sherlock Holmes famously solved the mystery of the Silver Blaze by noting th
In 1861, as leaders from the South met in Montgomery to create the Confederate States of America, almost every political observer expected someone from Georgia to wind up as the president of the new nation. Three of the leading candidates -- Howell Cobb, Alexander Stephens and Robert Toombs -- all hailed from Georgia. But Jefferson Davis from Mississippi wound up as the first and only Confederate president as the Georgia candidates all slit each other’s throats.
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By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) launched a new TV ad on Wednesday, hitting Democratic gubernatorial candidate former Gov. Charlie Crist. The ad hits Crist as a career politician who didnt believe in anything with no core values. Crist draws fire in the ad for leaving the GOP in 2010 to run for the U.S. Senate with no party affiliation before joining the Democrats in 2012.
By Kevin Derby
From his perch on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry about Cuba taking part in the seventh Summit of the Amercias which will be held in Panama. In the letter, which was written on Tuesday, Rubio accused the Obama administration of sending mixed messages on whether Cuba should take part in the summit.
By Kevin Derby
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a TV ad on Tuesday hitting U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia for gutting Medicare to fund President Barack Obamas federal health-care law. Garcia is facing a tough challenge from Miami-Dade School Board member Carlos Curbelo.
By Kevin Derby
With two weeks left in the general election, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., intends to use his Reclaim America PAC and hit the stump for other Republicans -- and his path is taking him to the states which hold early contests to determine the next presidential nominee.
By Kevin Derby
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., endorsed U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., for a third term at a campaign event in Tallahassee on Tuesday. Southerland is facing a top Democratic challenger in Gwen Graham.
Not only is Steve Southerland a trusted colleague in Washington, hes my friend, Rubio said. Im proud to support Steve because hes a respected conservative voice in Congress whos fighting hard to create jobs, grow Floridas economy, and shrink federal bureaucracy. North and Northwest Florida families need a principled leader like Steve Southerland in Congress.
By Kevin Derby
The Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) announced on Tuesday it was backing Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi for a second term.
Attorney General Bondi has been a strong supporter of upholding existing laws and supporting new legislation to protect animals from cruelty and abuse, said Sara Amundson, the executive director of the HSLF. A vote to return Pam Bondi to the attorney generals office is a vote for the humane treatment of all animals.
By Kevin Derby
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be hitting the campaign trail with Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday in South Florida. Besides the many New Yorkers who live in the Sunshine State, Giuliani focused much of his 2008 presidential campaign in Florida.
Scott and Giuliani are scheduled to campaign in Doral and Miami on Wednesday.
By Kevin Derby
The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super-PAC, waded into North Florida on Tuesday, announcing plans to spend $600,000 against Democrat Gwen Graham who is running against U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla.
By Kevin Derby
The American Farm Bureau presented U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney with its Friend of Agriculture Award at a meeting this week in Wauchula.
By Kevin Derby
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce (JAX Chamber) announced on Tuesday it opposes Amendment 2, a proposal to expand medical marijuana in Florida.
Passage of Amendment 2 will produce uncertainty for small businesses at a time when we are coming out of one of the biggest recessions in decades, said Ed Burr, the chair of government affairs for the JAX Chamber. Businesses, especially small businesses, need a climate that increases productivity and limits risks and Amendment 2 does the opposite.
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