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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could. 

November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Columns

Smoking Marlboros is now forbidden in Irish bars in New York City. But buying, selling, and smoking marijuana is legal in Colorado.It doesn't take a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.But where are we going?
Media malpractice had become fairly rampant, but major change is in the air.
WASHINGTON -- Two years from today, Iowa -- dark, brooding, enigmatic Iowa -- will be enjoying its quadrennial moment as the epicenter of the universe. And in 10 months, voters will vent their spleens -- if they still are as splenetic as they now claim to be -- in congressional elections. Some numbers define the political landscape.
With twin suicide bombings in Volgograd, at a train station and on a trolley, 34 Russians are dead and scores are injured and hospitalized.Moscow and the world have been put on notice by Doku Umarov, the Chechen Islamic terrorist, that the winter Olympics in Sochi, six weeks away, may not now be safe for visitors.
Iurge those supporting Senate Bill 392 to please reconsider their support for this legislation. It will only lead to an increase in the number of collisions, injuriesand fatalities currently occurring on public roadways throughout Florida.
WASHINGTON -- First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act of 2014. Make it one line long: "Sections 1341 and 1342 of the Affordable Care Act are hereby repealed." End of bill. End of bailout. End of story.
WASHINGTON -- It was naughty of Winston Churchill to say, if he really did, that "the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." Nevertheless, many voters' paucity of information about politics and government, although arguably rational, raises awkward questions about concepts central to democratic theory, including consent, representation, public opinion, electoral mandates and officials' accountability.
Much has been written lately about whether U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will jump into the governors race. While Ive thought for a long time that he would not do so, Ive recently changed my mind because of comments he's made about the race.
WASHINGTON -- America's capacity for optimism and hope has been boundless through much of our short history. The tangible returns of hard work; the ordered liberty sustained through community consent; and opportunity honed over time to apply equally to all men and women -- these were the currency of what we called the American Dream.
2013 will be remembered as the year President Barack Obama's halo went askew. It deserves to be remembered for some other things.
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