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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. 

By Nancy Smith
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
The Ribault Monument

Florida Continues to Flow Down History's River

By Kevin Derby
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Only You

By Henry Payne
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Columns

Charlie Crist's Policies Failed Minorities -- the Voters He Now Chases
By Brooke Knight
Charlie Crist, aka Chain Gang Charlie, is running as a born-again Democratagainst his former partyand as a civil-rights champion. But how can a man who pushed for far-right conservatism suddenly turn on his long-held principles and move in a completely opposite direction?
Common Core: Confusion is the Enemy of Clear Policy Choices
By Lloyd Brown
Ed Ball, the late head of the duPont trust, had a favorite toast: Confusion to the enemy.
The Promise of the Republican Party
By Sen. Wilton Simpson
Last month in New Jersey, a state where Republicans are only 20 percent of registered voters, Gov. Chris Christie was re-elected with more than 60 percent of the vote. This news came after months of analysis by media pundits and national political observers that the Republican Party is losing its ability to connect with the majority of voters.
Obama Abandons Friends Abroad in Hopes of Appeasing Foes
By Michael Barone
Watching the twists and turns of American foreign policy while reading Christopher Clark's "The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914" is an unnerving experience.
The Choices We Have on Iran
By George Will
WASHINGTON -- In his disproportionate praise of the six-month agreement with Iran, Barack Obama said: "For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program." But if the program, now several decades old, had really been "halted" shortly after U.S. forces invaded neighboring Iraq, we would not be desperately pursuing agreements to stop it now, as about 10,000 centrifuges spin to enrich uranium.
Is the Sun Rising in the East?
By Pat Buchanan
The scores are in from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, which, every three years, tests 15-year-olds from the world's most advanced countries.For the United States, the report card is dismal. The U.S. ranking has fallen to 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math.
Obama's Never Run a Lemonade Stand
By Mona Charen
If President Barack Obama has entertained an economic insight that wasn't fashionable in 1933, I haven't heard about it. It's doubtless he's for recycling glass and plastic, but he's even more wedded to recycling ideas that were fresh and interesting during the New Deal era but have since been discredited.
PISA Results Underscore Need for Higher, Benchmarked Education Standards
By Jeb Bush
I believe in a strong America; an America that is the definitive beacon of opportunity, an America that is the global leader in economic prosperity, an America that has the most competitive workforce in the world.
Teacher: My Four Reasons for Opposing Common Core
By Chris Guerrieri
I am a longtime public school teacher and I have four main reasons for standing againstCommon Core. None of them have to do with Barrack Obama trying to take over our schools and turn our kids into socialists.
A Case for Containing Iran
By George Will
WASHINGTON -- Critics of the agreement with Iran concerning its nuclear program are right about most things but wrong about the most important things. They understand the agreement's manifest and manifold defects and its probable futility. Crucial components of Iran's nuclear infrastructure remain.
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